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Hi guys my brakes are finally on their way out. I would like to re-do them with high quality parts. I am having issues with caliper pistons not returning so i am looking at replacing all four calipers, pads and disks. Does anyone have recomendations on brands or products?

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Typically I just break down the caliper clean the pistons up and put in a seal kit which is way cheaper than buying new calipers. Now buying new packed calipers is way easier to do than rebuilding. So it depends on how deep your pockets are. I suggest getting stock rotors if your replacing the rotors. As for pads looks for mid grade and avoid high performance pads being they enhance rotor wear.

 

I buy budge pads typically and get 180k miles from the OE pads. Now to my next brake job at 360k miles.

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I don't bother with resealing them, if they are bad I just buy new ones.  I think they were under $30 for a caliper.

 

As for pads, I always run the cheapo pad.   they wear faster, but that is what they are supposed to do.  Saves the rotors.  They stop the truck pretty good.  

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I spent 4 hours trying to pull the bleed nipple out after it busted, I was so mad that I decided to go buy a new caliper for "whatever it costs"

 

I got to the parts store and it was like $26 for a new one.

happy-everything-went-better-than-expect

 

I must just have a bad taste in my mouth after dealing with it.  As it sits my drivers caliper is sticking bad.  I am just going to buy a new one and not worry about it. 

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Solution to that problem is easy. Don't lose your rubber caps for the bleeder screws. If you do lose then find some vinyl tubing that fits over the nipple. Cut the vinyl tubing about an inch long. Then heat the tubing with a cigarette lighter and melt the vinyl a little. Quick squeeze the end shut with pilers it will make a perfect cap for your bleeder screws and never have that issue again. Don't torque the screw in just lightly tighten (think single digit inch pounds).

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Another thought. I put reman calipers on a car recently and while bleeding them I got a good shot of brown goo. Popped the piston out and the bottom half of the caliper bore was rusted out like it had been sitting for a while with moisture in it. So that shiny "new" part might not be any better than what you're taking off.

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Another thought. I put reman calipers on a car recently and while bleeding them I got a good shot of brown goo. Popped the piston out and the bottom half of the caliper bore was rusted out like it had been sitting for a while with moisture in it. So that shiny "new" part might not be any better than what you're taking off.

I agree rebuilt calipers are typically garbage, the guys rebuilding them must toss the calipers around like Frisbees as most of the machined surfaces are beat to hell. It often takes me 20 mins a caliper to file the mating surfaces flat that are dinted. One caliper I noticed metal filings coming out bleeder hole, I pulled the pistons and it was full of machine filings. I now refuse to buy rebuilt calipers but its getting harder to find rebuild kits.

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I now refuse to buy rebuilt calipers but its getting harder to find rebuild kits.

 

Hua?

 

Piston seal OE Mopar Seals.

https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=5017170&cc=1440064&jnid=491&jpid=0

 

Full caliper rebuilt kit for $4 a piece. ($16 for all 4)

https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=2046132&cc=1440064&jnid=492&jpid=3

 

Slide pin boots.

https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=3053931&cc=1440064&jnid=493&jpid=0

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I tried and tried to rebuild my front calipers.  On the 99's there is only one piston per caliper.  I couldn't get the boot to seal to save my life.  I tried every trick in the book.  I found a note deep in the interwebbs that said you have to have a special press.  After many hours attempting this rebuild I broke down and bought remann'd claipers and I haven't had a moments issue.

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Thanks Mike, I can still get the kits through local parts store if they order them in, however ( I should have been more specific) I can't get new pistons at any of my local parts stores. Next time I head south of the border I will order some from Rockauto as its the only place I could find them.

For some reason the tin cap on the pistons are rusting between the cap and ceramic (bubbling) creating a uneven mating surface for the brake pads.

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My special press was a 2" piece of PVC pipe and a hammer.

My Pistons didn't have any metal on them. But I've got 2 piston calipers on all 4 wheels.

I hope the new one's I get from Rockauto don't have the tin cap, seem problematic. Perhaps I could just pop the cap off the one's.

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