Re: Rear caliper rebuild

[four.rings@MCIONE.com]

"Frank Amoroso" <famoroso@sprintmail.com> wrote:

My rear callipers have 62K miles on them and I will be pulling
them off and disassembling them in an effort to get them powder
coated to match
the big reds front. Vain, I know, but I am not in this to half
ass it.
I have rebuilt plenty of fixed callipers without parking brake
functionality.
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Vain, yeah. But they look so good on the Tornado Red 200, visible
through the 16x75" MOMO Ferraris with the red five-pointed
inserts.
:-)

I am assuming that the majority of the work on the rear floating
calliper with the parking brake will be fairly straightforward.
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Yes. I've done several, no problem.

I already have the rebuild kit which consists of new piston
seals,
dust boots, and a special lubricant that the seals need to be
soaked in for 45 minutes prior to installation.
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I always use regular fresh brake fluid for seal/boot lubrication.

Do I need compressed air to get the piston out of the calliper?
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No.

Or can I use the tool that is normally used to push (& turn) the
piston back into the calliper body to pull it all the way out?
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Yes.


Besides this is there anything in particular I should be watching
out for?
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Clean the central spiral rod and the respective spiral piston
channel.

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Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ -- 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ -- nothing to declare
Philadelphia, PA
USA
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