brake caliper rebuild

[tomsnow1000]

That is an excellent demo. Especially like how you re-install the boot, slipped all the way down over the piston. Excellent. Thank you.

[BiteDoctor]

great video, except i dont suggest having your fingers in the way when the piston pushes out, good chance it will fly out and smash your finger, comes out with a lot of force

[philbond07]

very good explanation, tx.

[jamie211983]

nice camera by the looks of it..

[kzkevin888]

I have a 03 sienna. I bleed the brakes like two times already. The front brakes are feeling spongy. When my 98 camry was spongy I rebuilt the caliper with genuine toyota parts using new seals. The sienna has 30000 miles only. Can the seals go bad over time? I am not sure if I ever overheated the seals but I was going down 10000 ft mountains. Do you recommend me to replace the seals or how do I know if they are worn out? thank you

[daviddoan01]

Very good video.. This will help me on my rebuild. Thanks

[mcroitalot]

Hey..!

Why not use a brake caliper assembly lube?!

I always use ATE brake cylinder lube (Bremszylinder-Paste). It is compatible with any rubber compound and brake fluid DOT 3, 4 and 5.1 - no risk of contaminating the brake fluid :)

I only have had good results with this product

Have a look...

"ate-info.de/en/products/datas­heet/ate-bremszylinder-paste-1­80-ml/"

[mazdaspeed4life]

thank you!

[wafrederick]

Don't waste your time,go buy a reman.A piston is at least twenty dollars and I would not install a new seal vs the old piston.With a reman,you save time and all you have to do is bleed the brakes.Plus the labor is cheaper than rebuilding.

[bluemeany06]

@wafrederick you could spend $2 on a rebuild kit or spend $95 on a remanufactured caliper(which is just a used caliper that has been cleaned and has the $2 rebuild kit in it)

It's your money.

[wafrederick]

@bluemeany06 The problem is that the problem is going to come back.Plus the bleeder screw might break off and you are screwed.I have seen reman calipers for $20.00.It is getting to the point starters,alternators,master cylinders including calipers and wheel cylinders are not worth rebuilding.Subtract the core charge on the reman caliper if you have it on hand.I have tried rebuiding a brake caliper,nothing but a pain in the ass to do and a waste of time.

[wanewton]

Very nice work. The picture is very clear and you made it easy see and understand. I'm doing some work on my NC front brakes tomorrow, so this is really helpful. Thanks!

[msjay160]

awesome...thanks

[tilou32]

wher did you take your caliper seal to rebuild the dealer or???

[schnellerd]

Great practical video, thanks.

[mattjill2007]

Good clear video - thanks.

One comment though - try to work a cleanly as possible. Any dirt or grit in the system will increase the wear and tear when in operation. It's worth the few extra bucks in clean rags and plastic gloves.

[RAT1969]

04:25 should really wear gloves as brake fluid is pretty nasty stuff or just pour some in ,swill it round n tip the excess out if you got no gloves.

[maudj007]

Thanks men!

[georgephilpott100]

Thanks for this video, It saved me hours of trying to work out how to do it.

[vbdenny]

perfect video.

[woormy14]

Thanks for the upload, and for sharing your tips! I strugled real hard with the dust boot, until I saw your video.

[SSNougat]

Word of warning to anyone else doing this, when taking the piston out you might want to put a block of wood in front of it instead of your fingers.

You wouldn't want the piston shooting out and breaking your fingers or something.

Good job on the video otherwise.

[supermicrodualcpu]

This is exactly the info what I was looking for. I was having problems squeezing in the dust boot around the pistion wall so that the boot lip fitted into the retaining rebate. The boot was getting twisted and uneven causing the piston to stick.

[themusclecar1970]

very very good

[michael001437]

Thanks a lot! you saved my day. I did'nt realize that boot trick on my own...

[jay92889]

Most informative video on YouTube! Helped with rebuilding for my mazda 929! Thank you.

[BEAVISHSV]

This is also pretty much exactly the same for an NA front caliper.

[ColPay1]

Thanks for the video. I was going to pay $70 each for re-man calipers but ended up paying $3.29 for a seal kit for each side, need I say more?

[hfb1995]

Thank you very much!!!!! you have saved me alot of trouble thanks for thinking us who don't know how and uploading this great tutorial :)

[alberggg2]

Thanks, this was a very detailed video from start to finish!

[wpavlik2]

Very interesting, thanks for doing this!