Rear brake calipers

[Jay Kempf]

Yup,

Rebuild them. Depending on what is wrong rebuild it pretty straight forward
and even covered in Bentley. The only trick is getting the pistons back in
with the new seals. If the emergency brake mechanism still works and isn't
frozen up and the piston isn't pitted or rusted rebuild is more reliable
than factory chinese rebuilts.

I sand blasted and painted everything with some cast iron looking paint
(rustoleum) before putting everything back together. If you don't have
access to a blast booth you can just go after them with a wire brush in a
drill. 

BTW, one box of caliper seals is enough to do two calipers. You need to buy
a pin and boot kit for the caliper carriers, again one box gets you enough
to do both sides. That's how I ended up with so many in stock. Bought too
many by mistake years ago. 

I am going through the last electrical issues right now with the instrument
cluster and turn signals. Everything else seems fine now. Engine runs like a
sewing machine, brakes are strong. Turbo seems to be strong and quiet. 



jfk


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Jay Kempf
jkempf at madriver.com
802 272 5868