When reconditioning caliper pistons, especially on cars that have been laid up for some time, there are two problems that one will be confronted with immediately:
1) Brake pads that have virtually "rusted" themselves to the disc rotors - so how do you remove those especially if you have a pronounced ridge at the outer edge of the rotors.
2) Having removed the calipers from their mounting points on the hub, you find that the caliper pistons are again "rusted" to the bores and they seem to defy all attempts to be removed from the bores.
I have some ideas on these problems, and how to overcome them, but I would be interested to hear from the "knowledgeable" as to how they would arrive at satisfactory solutions so that the calipers can be resealed and reconditioned. Please help. Regards Styria
1) Brake pads that have virtually "rusted" themselves to the disc rotors - so how do you remove those especially if you have a pronounced ridge at the outer edge of the rotors.
2) Having removed the calipers from their mounting points on the hub, you find that the caliper pistons are again "rusted" to the bores and they seem to defy all attempts to be removed from the bores.
I have some ideas on these problems, and how to overcome them, but I would be interested to hear from the "knowledgeable" as to how they would arrive at satisfactory solutions so that the calipers can be resealed and reconditioned. Please help. Regards Styria
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