joehalford01
'Vette brake specialist!
I never did give you guys an update on my brakes.......
my car has been sitting since that thread. i'm letting it run right now but it's still not driveable
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i got my calipers all rebuilt and i was excited and happy, went to put them on they leaked everywhere. i did something wrong but i'm not sure what. i probably should have done some more research instead of winging it. in fact, i think a shop manual for this car is on the to get list. anyways, after running through the options....
$40 bucks for more rebuild kits or spend time trying to salvage the ones i just put in? buy a shop manual-car sits forever while i screw around with it
tow it to a shop? pay them and still have old brake calipers that feature a leakage prone design......but work for now
buy cheap rebuilts at the local parts house, still out decent chunk of change but not to bad, oh wait-still have that leakage prone design......
fine! i'll just buy the really good performance calipers...wait...that's $1400...
my best solution was four brand new o-ring style (different then the lip seal design) calipers with no core fee, powder-coated red (that caliper paint sucks-as soon as i got brake fluid on them it smeared everywhere), and ss flex lines for all four wheels. I figure if only two online retailers sell "better" then stock brakes the stock ones must work pretty well. It set my driveway savings back $740 smackers all together but at least i'll have good brakes i don't have to worry about for a while. They are also buying my old calipers back for $100 so i get some of it back. The sad thing is i'm still waiting. they should come in next week tuesday or wednesday. Once i get that all done i'll do a full flush and switch over to dot4 brake fluid. then i can enjoy my car until the next project
my car has been sitting since that thread. i'm letting it run right now but it's still not driveable
.i got my calipers all rebuilt and i was excited and happy, went to put them on they leaked everywhere. i did something wrong but i'm not sure what. i probably should have done some more research instead of winging it. in fact, i think a shop manual for this car is on the to get list. anyways, after running through the options....
$40 bucks for more rebuild kits or spend time trying to salvage the ones i just put in? buy a shop manual-car sits forever while i screw around with it
tow it to a shop? pay them and still have old brake calipers that feature a leakage prone design......but work for now
buy cheap rebuilts at the local parts house, still out decent chunk of change but not to bad, oh wait-still have that leakage prone design......
fine! i'll just buy the really good performance calipers...wait...that's $1400...
my best solution was four brand new o-ring style (different then the lip seal design) calipers with no core fee, powder-coated red (that caliper paint sucks-as soon as i got brake fluid on them it smeared everywhere), and ss flex lines for all four wheels. I figure if only two online retailers sell "better" then stock brakes the stock ones must work pretty well. It set my driveway savings back $740 smackers all together but at least i'll have good brakes i don't have to worry about for a while. They are also buying my old calipers back for $100 so i get some of it back. The sad thing is i'm still waiting. they should come in next week tuesday or wednesday. Once i get that all done i'll do a full flush and switch over to dot4 brake fluid. then i can enjoy my car until the next project
