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Who sells rebuilt calipers
I'm looking for a set of rebuilt rear calipers for my SC. I know it's not that difficult, but I don't want my first attempt to be right before my first run at watkins glen.
Jeff
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06-12-2005, 04:58 AM
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I can tell you who NOT to buy them from: Vertex. Ordered a set and they were junk - looked like they'd been beat off the car with a sledge hammer, cheap silver paint on everything including the seals, bent bleed screws, etc. Sent them back and ate 15% restocking fee - never again. I've got Goldline rebuilding my original set now\ - cheaper even with a slick polymer coating and their product looks MUCH better.
I wish Pelican would offer them as rebuilts, rather do business here.
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911 calipers aren't expensive. I'd get new calipers. Yeah, 914 calipers are a grand (or used to be), so it makes sense to fix em if possible. But new ones for 911s (non 930 of course) were a few hundred clams a few years ago...
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Take the caliper to a brake specialist mechanic and tell him to rebuilt it. May be you need to give him the rebuilt kit. Rebuilt that calipers no present any specialy skills. I rebuilt 4 calipers from 1983 SC the last week.
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I think Advance Auto carries them online. cheap.
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Hi Jeff,
Just rebuilt my calipers, added new rotors and pads, yesteday. The whole job took me five hours, but then I also cleaned everything that came off, including the wheel well. By the way, follow the instructions given in the Tech Articles on this subject, and you'll have easy time of it. And further by the way, Scotch Brite works wonders! My pistons came out shiny and sparkling, and couldn't be happier. Just make sure you use a little dish soap for lubrication. Going to bleed the brakes tonight, after work, and go for a test drive (finished yesterday just prior to dinner, and then it got dark. Not a good time for a test drive).
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06-13-2005, 10:17 AM
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Advance Auto web site have the calipers for SC from $45.00.
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Yeah, but if you use Goldline, you will get a work of art. Especially nice to know about them for the S alloy fronts. They ain't cheap, though. Nothing like that 45 mentioned. If I had any issues with the calipers in question, Goldine would get them.
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06-13-2005, 07:10 PM
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Hum...good to know.
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06-14-2005, 09:06 PM
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