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Question about my brakes

Posted: 2/21/07 4:58am Message 11 of 13
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Fayetteville, NC - USA
Joined: 2/13/2005
Posts: 244
Vette(s): 1968 Corvette Convertable, 4 spd, 350 SB, Daily Driver
I am rebuilding mine with an o-ring kit this weekend.  I got the kit from Corvette Stainless Steel Brakes.  The sell on e-bay at 24 bucks a wheel.  Just have to be certain that you have stainless steel sleeves.  If you have a bad caliper, most parts stores have rebuilt SS calipers in stock.  They are not too expensive, I bought all four last year.  They charge a core, refundable when you give them the ones off your car.  That is unless you want to keep them.  I am replacing the rotors with new ones.  I have all the gages to check runout and will use washers to parallel the rotor to the spindle.  I plan to photo this rebuild and post it as a shark byte when I get finished.  In the mean time, here is a link to a site that shows the basics of rebuilding the calipers.
 
 
JR
 



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Question about my brakes

Posted: 2/21/07 5:59am Message 12 of 13
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Eastern Oklahoma County, OK - USA
Joined: 1/3/2006
Posts: 1560
Vette(s): 1980 Black L48 T-Tops
I had the exact same problem as OldRustyGhost did, except I did all the caliper changes.  Ended up changing all four, and the rubber over to braided steel and replacing the master cylinder and front cross-over tube to finally get all the little gremlins out of the brake system.  (OK, so I broke the cross-over trying to get the old rubber off, it still had to be replaced).

I went with the Stainless from Lonestar Calipers.  Now, she stops on a dime and gives you 7 cents changeRolling%20On%20The%20Floor%20Laughing



Question about my brakes

Posted: 2/25/07 1:21pm Message 13 of 13
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Savannah, GA - USA
Joined: 1/20/2005
Posts: 936
Vette(s): 1982CE,32,000 and counting. (fast!!) 1981 Vette, black on black. ZZ4 (quick!!)
Thanks fo all the info.Gives me more than enough to go on.


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