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7475ih
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• findlay, OH, USA |
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• Registered on 4/29/2009 |
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 Posted:1/22/2010 05:11 |
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Has anyone ever rebuilt their brake calipers on their Ex or should I just get reman calipers and not mess with rebuilding them? The bottom of my piston cups have a good 3/8'' inch of rust built up in them so I would guess they will need pistons also? Thanks for any advice. |
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topls68
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• maywood, IL, USA |
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• Registered on 2/8/2009 |
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• 18 posts |
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Posted:1/22/2010 05:25 |
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I just had a similar problem......buy re-mans. Not worth rebuilding.... |
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aklim
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• Hartford, WI, USA |
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• Registered on 2/20/2006 |
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• 133 posts |
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Posted:1/22/2010 06:54 |
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I bought a pair of remans from Checker Auto and they had a nice gold color coating on them. Reasonable too. Don't bother with doing it yourself unless you have nothing better to do
01 Excursion. Gauges with AIH Delete, AIS Air Filter system, CCV Mod, 4' MBRP, BTS Trans, 6.0L Trans Cooler and Intercooler, DP-Tuner F6 chip, ITP In Tank Mod and Boost Annihilator, Diesel Innovation's Regulated Fuel kit, BTS Big Oil system, GTP38R Turbo with 1.15 A/R housing and BDP Stage II AC injectors. Bilstein Shocks with U code front and A code Rear. Billet thermostat housing |
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LANDYOT
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• Subscriber since 11/23/2003 |
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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• Registered on 7/15/2003 |
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Posted:1/23/2010 08:23 |
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I have spent the time to rebuild the calipers on my old GT40 kit car. Given the option, I will buy rebuilt calipers. Why? The biggest issue I had to deal with was trying to clean everything during the rebuild. Time consuming and messy. The commercial rebuilders clean them en masse, and have purpose-built facilities for doing such. While spending a few hours rebuilding mine, it quickly became apparent this was not an efficient use of my time. |
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