I love it. I found myself rebuilding the front brake system on my sister's Toyota 4-Runner over the weekend. The pad backing plate and rotors were already intimate...so it was new rotors and pads, repack wheel bearings, etc,...
We'll the pad wear was rather unusual so I figured one of the caliper had a stuck pistons..yep!
I just got off the phone with Pep Boys, and I can pick up a 4-piston rebuilt caliper for $59.99 with a core exchange. (the pad area on that sucker is huge...I think bigger than the 951 calipers/pads I have on my work bench..I'll have to check, but how about the GruppeB Toyota brake caliper upgrade on a 911?
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Why the heck can't someone do this for us? I have rebuilt the calipers on my Bastard before. and it's not too bad. But! Sometimes, like when you find out the week of a DE that you need to rebuild a caliper, it would be nice to have a caliper sent, I pop it in and pack up the old one..all in less than an hour. DONE!
I like working in the garage more than most guys I know, but I would like that kind of convenience sometimes. I know our 911's are not like the numerous imports or domestics out there, but surely there must be a butt load of M and A calipers out there that could be rebuilt and packaged so that they could be sent out for a swap with a core charge.
I think I just found something I can do if I ever get fired from my job for posting on this BBS too much.