daddy2coull
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I'm just overhauling a 300tdi axle prior to fitting. Where's the best place to buy replacement pistons and seals for the calipers? Are the stainless ones worth the money or will the britpart hobbies do?
Caliper pistons and seals
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agew
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Got mine ss from Zeus in Devon somewhere......
Things of utter beauty - I just took them out of the box and drooled over them for a few weeks!
I would recommend you count up the seals and dust rings when they arrive (I'm sure mine was the only delivery in the last decade they made up with one wrong'un..) - fitted an absolute treat and done a very happy 100k since with top performance (til I posted this obviously.....).
Others may have better ideas of course, but I was a very happy bunny. Enjoy, A
Things of utter beauty - I just took them out of the box and drooled over them for a few weeks!
I would recommend you count up the seals and dust rings when they arrive (I'm sure mine was the only delivery in the last decade they made up with one wrong'un..) - fitted an absolute treat and done a very happy 100k since with top performance (til I posted this obviously.....).
Others may have better ideas of course, but I was a very happy bunny. Enjoy, A
jamesmartin
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only use oe or genuine seals
kes86
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All makes do a full kit per calliper with pistons and seals. Seemed good value at the time. Stainless was dearer so stuck with standard for now. Use a G clamp and a flat piece of steel plate to push in the outer seal works a treat.
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I fitted stainless pistons just over a year ago and am very pleased with them. As the pads wear down they're just coming into view and they still look nice and shiny. The old ones had gone rusty so would not have made a good seal if I'd pushed the pistons back in to fit new pads. They came in a kit with seals but these didn't look very good so I bought some real seals to go with them.
The outer seals are held in place with a push fit retainer ring which some people find a bit fiddly to install, but mine went in very nicely with one of those brake calliper spreader tools.
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/browns-brake-rebuild-thread-220055.html
The outer seals are held in place with a push fit retainer ring which some people find a bit fiddly to install, but mine went in very nicely with one of those brake calliper spreader tools.
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/browns-brake-rebuild-thread-220055.html
ONE LIFE LIVE IT. D90
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If the retaining rings are a good brand, they knock in, in seconds.
I fit the first oil seal in the caliper bore. Then Insert piston all the way into the bore. Attatch dirt seal into the retaining ring and gently press over the said piston. Then with a cleaned up old caliper piston, i knock the retaining rings home.
Havent damaged one retaining ring with this method, and rebuilt two 4 pot calipers in an hour.
HTH
I fit the first oil seal in the caliper bore. Then Insert piston all the way into the bore. Attatch dirt seal into the retaining ring and gently press over the said piston. Then with a cleaned up old caliper piston, i knock the retaining rings home.
Havent damaged one retaining ring with this method, and rebuilt two 4 pot calipers in an hour.
HTH
Station House
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Britpart brake seals and pistons - no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
That's all I wish to say on the subject
That's all I wish to say on the subject
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Ive fitted many britpart seals and pistons....all still working as they should...thers nowt wrong with them.
Would I buy stainless pistons....no. Unless you have money to burn why would you? Pistons only rust on the bit thats out side the seals....at £2 a piston you could change them every time you fit pads and itll still work oput cheaper unless your keeping your landrover for 1000 years.
Would I buy stainless pistons....no. Unless you have money to burn why would you? Pistons only rust on the bit thats out side the seals....at £2 a piston you could change them every time you fit pads and itll still work oput cheaper unless your keeping your landrover for 1000 years.
