Caliper inquiry..

I have just discovered that my calipers are really really...really fekked, they look so fekked that I cannot imagine how they worked the other week.
Cant upload a photo atm

Aha


Fek-fek-fekity-fekked
My question is this, can I replace the seals and pistons and refit the beast?

To lubricate whilst refurbing can I use brake fluid?

Can I use brake cleaner to clean the parts?



Er....any one done it?

yes, yes, and yes

Cool

I did sorta know that, but I thought i'd ask just to check that whats in my mind is correct and not some dream I had:lol:


Now to find somewhere to purchase items

loads on eblag. may need to check diameter.

3.5 efi said:

loads on eblag. may need to check diameter.

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Bah! That means getting up, going outside and finding a tap in my ATM chaotic garage and doing some measuring huff

Off I got, wish me luck

40mm pistons.


AAAArgh I got dirt on me bastid loads of it.
I was clean and chilling before I had to geddup

how old is truck early pistons 606683,later like 110 larger stc201or stc1280 kit

There is a nice thread somewhere on the net about rebuilding calipers... can't remember which for its on now.
Just finished redoing mine & quite happy with the results. Just don't even think about using Britpart piston seals.
My piccies:
caliper-rebuild

Vagrent said:

Cool

I did sorta know that, but I thought i'd ask just to check that whats in my mind is correct and not some dream I had:lol:


Now to find somewhere to purchase items

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One bit of advice before you do the rebuild leave the fork in the house

jamesmartin said:

how old is truck early pistons 606683,later like 110 larger stc201or stc1280 kit

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its a 87 lr 90.
but when I bought pads for it I discovered they were for a disco.
So the calipers Have been changed at some point in the 90's life

arc said:

There is a nice thread somewhere on the net about rebuilding calipers... can't remember which for its on now.
Just finished redoing mine & quite happy with the results. Just don't even think about using Britpart piston seals.
My piccies:
caliper-rebuild

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Nice Photo guide, made it look easy
Was thinking of painting mine too

john winsemius said:

One bit of advice before you do the rebuild leave the fork in the house

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:lol:

disco and early 90 share same size pads calipers

90 calipers and pads are same size as disco

jamesmartin said:

90 calipers and pads are same size as disco

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Yeah, I spoke to the man in brookwells and he told me the same, I got the wrong end of the stick.

Phoned brookwells in bovey and they have 8 pistons on the shelf but some of "might be britpart" :Cry: wanna do it tomorrow and fit them sunday if poss.
Fekking axle has been off all week, nearly had in all sorted last night then I discover the calipers are fekked
Oh well once its done I wont need to touch it for a while

Here's one
Rebuilding a caliper - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

For any interested party's thinking of doing the same

Just to check, my calipers are the same as in arcs pics linky and in the rebuild linky I posted.
Now these seem to be the right things to me, am I correct?
Brake Caliper Piston & Seal Kit Defender Front from LA930456. from Brookwells
I only ask as I want to be 100% sure, I dont want to strip the calipers down and find out at 2pm saturday they are wrong and I cant take em back till next saturday

yeh, you can do all that.... those are pretty fked!!! even the dust seal is coming out with the piston!!!

I did mine the other week, and changed the discs too

just remember to hold 3 pistons and pop the 4th....



that's how I done mine.... didnt take long to sort all the pistons

if your pistons are 41mm you need earlier not ones youve highlighted stc1280 they are lager ones for 110s and later 90s,you need 606683,seal kit aeu1547

Entire calipers are cheap enough - are you sure you can be bothered to try and rescue?

I'm running on the c£40 ones from Paddocks - no probs yet with them

Have always thought that I'd be really p*ssed off if I replaced seals ans pistons and they then leaked

except earlier calipers are dearer £80 ish and have imperial fastening bolt holes so you have to be careful not to fit metric caliper as holes are slightly larger enough for caliper to move

My apologies guys - wasn't aware of the different bolt holes

Thanks for keeping me straight James