 Caliper help |
 Apr 13, 2010 - 10:20 PM
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guys, how hard is it to rebuild a caliper? anyone have a how to? or is this a take it to the shop thing? I have an ST. I just found out that my right brake disc was being scratched up like crazy. I had this problem before. Same side, changed the disc cuz I thought maybe the pads just wore out faster and ate it up. but now, it's been a year and my disc is eaten up again.
Now, I just bought some ATE performance slotted rotors but I don't wanna put them on if they're gonna get eaten up. Me and my dad did a temporary set up on it right now with some pads from autozone just to ride around for now. He took apart the caliper cuz it seemed be not releasing so after that it worked fine, but now i'm hearing it scratch again? it sounds like metal scraping metal. I'll have to check if one of the shims fell loose or something but I hope it's not something big. 
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Apr 15, 2010 - 4:09 PM
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Rebuilding stock calipers is worthless or stock axles, might be a good learning experience.
Takes to much time and savings not worth it, plus removing the piston is prone to scratch the walls and then you are done for, just like the engine, they need to be honed I believe. Buy new ones, use these as core and voila -------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
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cheela Caliper help Apr 13, 2010 - 10:20 PM
Galcobar If your pads are eating rotors, the problem is pro... Apr 14, 2010 - 4:08 AM cheela yeah i know i didn't give lots of info cuz thi... Apr 14, 2010 - 10:24 AM
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