Brake caliper refurbs........

[fcat]

Bought a pair of front calipers from Chris on this forum, had them blasted and powder coated and came out great! just waiting for new caliper seals ($9) to arrive from rockauto (Ford wanted £21 a side!) will be installing them along with new hubs when the weather warms up

Before

After

 

[chrisquelch]

calipers

hi they look a lot better than when i sold them. how much did it cost to have them powder coated. cheers chris

 

[fcat]

both calipers and both crackets blasted and powder coated were £50 cash

 

[Turdle]

ooops
he didn't mask the brake pad sliding surface on the clipers or the brackets

--you should address this

Also,
the actual "mounting" of the caliper brackets is a metal to metal friction held tightly by the bracket bolt. The entire mating surface should be left bare.

I might be wrong, but the "circle" mask may cause metal to metal mating issues

IMO
it should be more like this

 

[fcat]

yeh i did notice that, am gonna scrape it off from there

 

[fcat]

cheers for the info, when you say "brake pad sliding surface" do you mean the place ive arrowed here?

 

[Turdle]

yes and also these

 

[fcat]

but the pads dont touch the surfaces i highlighted as there are metal clips in there that cover that area up!! or am i missing something ?
same with the other surfaces as there are clips in the caliper that the shoe touches

 

[Turdle]

OK, as long as the spacing allows the calipers to slide freely it should be fine

 

[fcat]

yeh i'll double check when fitting etc, cheers for the info though
si

 

[fcat]

Turdle, whats the best way to remove powder coat ?

 

[BobWiersema]

Those look nice, and red makes everything go faster.

The only thing I noticed was the powder coat in the seal area.
I think you need to clean that out before whacking a new seal in to avoid damage to the new seal.

 

[fcat]

thanks, yeh im gonna wait for the seals to come and thought i may have to remove the coating around the edge, will see when the seals get here.

 

[Turdle]

Turdle, whats the best way to remove powder coat ?

Short of careful sanding there is no clean way.

 

[janolsson]

These look great
Got em fitted yet?

 

[fcat]

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[fcat]

These look great
Got em fitted yet?

Not yet, just waiting for the new seals to arrive, had them sent to a friend in the US from Rockauto and they then forward them on(lot cheaper than Rockauto shipping!)

Then have new hubs and the calipers to fit when the weathers nice

 

[kevin p]

Hi fcat,

Can you tell me which number you ordered for the caliper seals off rockauto please?

Cheers Kev.

 

[fcat]

sure, i ordered the following:

D352857 Caliper Repair Kit

H5630A Disc Brake Hardware Kit

H5065 Caliper Bolt

 

[kevin p]

Very good of you mate, thankyou.

Kev.