I'd take them apart yourself first and see if they are pitted inside or not. I had to rebuild the ones on my LT while in Germany since they wanted $160 euro a piece for them locally... They were just seized up with a bit of rust and sludge from old fluid then sitting for some time. I was able to polish the pistons and reassemble them. Flush your brake fluid guys! Jason
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote: > I've got a stuck caliper, and the list vendors only seem to have new ones > for big bucks, like $350 to $500 a pair with shipping. Rock Auto has a > rebuilder that will do them for about $80 a pair plus shipping, waiting, > etc. Anybody have a better idea? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Stuart > > '85 Westy project > |
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