Challenger Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hey, finally trying to sort out my brakes. In the front are stock brakes but they are new pads and the rotors were turned. (4 years ago, car hasnt moved far since) what should I do to clean the old pads or should I forget them and get new pads. The rears brakes are off of a 83 280zx 2+2 NA and they are a bit rounded so Im going to replace them. All the calipers have been dissassembled and theyre all pretty poor looking. The rubber is rotting in some spots and they are rusty like anything 30 years old. My question is, how much further should I dissassemble them, id like to sandblast them, replace the o rings, repaint them, etc Is there a rightup on how to remove the pistons, havent found much yet through searching though I will continue to. Any advice on how I should proceed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcote75 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hi, You should reassemble the galipers in order to remove the piston in them by applying air pressure trough the hose fitting. If the piston are rusted, change the galiper assembly with a rebuilt one. If I rembember, piston are around 45$ each and a rebuilt galiper is around 85$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Yeah I saw on partsamerica rebuilt calipers run about $80. I want to do it right but $360 is a little steep.. Im going to take them to schucks or napa tomorrow see what their opinion is. Ok I read through my chiltons (which I wasnt able to read at first since it was missing..) and it suggests using air pressure as you said. But on my piece of junk 80's air compressor I just have an air nozzle for tires and such. Which wont put any pressure on it and the hose is broken, so it realllyyy wont put any pressure on it. Any ideas for other methods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Mabey this weekend we can stop by steves garage, (wrenchrat), and get them out? Also are you planning on useing the ebreak option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Challenger, just make sure that you are 100% sure you are set on using the stock brakes. I went through the same process as you and ended up upgrading my brakes all around, and lost a few hundred bucks in the process. Just a reminder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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