Cooked seals on brembo calipers

[Mad Hatter]

Changing my pads and rotors today and saw that my brembos piston seals look really cooked and the dust shields are broken up and cracked. Is it relatively easy to install a piston seal kit?

Is there a upgraded caliper kit that would use the same discs??

 

[Mad Hatter]

Changing my pads and rotors today and saw that my brembos piston seals look really cooked and the dust shields are broken up and cracked. Is it relatively easy to install a piston seal kit?

Is there a upgraded caliper kit that would use the same discs??

Ooops!! just so the stick right above my post!!

 

[Boss_302]

Save your money and rebuild them.

We use those calipers racing in the NASA Spec Iron Class and we are only 3 to 5 seconds off of the AI lap times at most tracks, they can handle track days just fine.

Rebuild kits are available from Giro Disk, $48.00 per side. http://www.girodisc.com/Ford_c_29.html

Drill down to Boss 302 and then to Seals & Fluids.

You can rebuild them in your garage, here's a link to video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLqUREvKm8

Let us know how it goes!

Doug

 

[blacksheep-1]

is it the "seals" or the "dust shields", if it's the seals, depending on the application, they would leak fluid, the dust shields are well....sacrificial

 

[Mad Hatter]

No fluid leaks, just the rubber boots are cooked to oblivion. Have a set coming from kns.

 

[drano38]

I replaced my dust boots this spring.
Overall a simple process.
The seals are most likely good as blacksheep said.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Thats good to hear!.