Suggestions For 2Nd Hand Caliper Checkup

[sydking]

got a front pair of stock gtr32 calipers i want to through on, Been sitting around for the last 6 months,

Who to see or what should i do to them?

get pistons checked, new seals, What more? not even sure what company does this thing or a standard brake and suspension place

[sydking]

just called midas, They can match the seals, But its like $350 for them all,

They chagre $100 p/h labour.

Any other suggestions were to go?

[R31Nismoid]

I had GTR Brembo items serviced by Racebrakes here in Melb, cost around $170 or there abouts.

Just needed a clean/seals etc. Doubt it'll need new pistsons dude.

Although your brakes are the same as R33 GTS-t, you'd probably pick them up for $200 2nd hand

[sydking]

yer i only paid $100 for them so im not fussed,

I called race brakes aswell, here in sydney, They said its $50 per side for the seal kit, But they do not overhaul them there.

[KiwiRS4T]

You can do them. Just pull them apart and clean them up - look for serious scoring in the bores or on the pistons and blow out the lines. Reassemble with the new seals and dustboots. If you Google there'e probably a few tutorials on the subject. Get a mate to help you bleed them properly (replace all your brake fluid while you're at it).

[Roy]

Its pretty easy. Just remove the nipples and buy replacements ones. Remove the rubber from around the pistons, there are some steel clips around them as well but if you remove it all slowly you wont damage anything. If the seals around the pistons crumble as you do it then it means they are shagged and need replacing. If they dont then they are good to go back in. Get some compressed air and carefully blow air into the bleed nipples. Be careful how you hold the caliper as you dont want the pistons to fly out and crush fingers. I normally pack the centre of the caliper with rages and then wrap a rag around the caliper to stop fluid and garbage blowing everywhere. Pull the pistons out....check them for corrosion etc.

Inspect the seals and re-assemble with PBR brake oil or just use liberal amounts of brake fluid.

Its all very basic stuff....I imagine there are some decent on line tutorials rather then rely on my 30 second sound byte which I have tried to type as quickly as possible

[Hanaldo]

Agree with the above, stripping down and rebuilding calipers is very easy, they are quite simple. Actually quite fun to do as well, I enjoy it