vtecrx

So, my front passenger side brake caliper appears to be sticking and causing the brakes to overheat. I discovered this yesterday halfway thru my first session at FATT while attempting to brake for turn 1.

What is the best option to replace the caliper? I can either a) buy a OEM rebuild kit from Honda. I don't think it would be too difficult to do, but I could be fooling myself or b) buy online or drive to Advanced Auto/Napa/Pep Boys to buy a remanufactured caliper. My concern with option "b" is which manufacture of the rebuilt calipers are better. I mean, are all the rubber seals as good as OEM? Will the piston seals melt the first time I get them hot at a track day?

Any thoughts are much appreciated.

Thanks

NFR_AP2

this happened to me on the same wheel, bought a remanufactured caliper from honda and it has been perfect ever since

vtecrx

Thanks!

goldenfri

I got some re manufactured calipers from advance auto parts (ordered online). They use the OEM calipers, but the hardware is not OEM so I didn't use it. They were a lot cheaper though, specially with the online coupons they always offer.

clarkster009

Time for a big brake kit

tacocat

If your brakes were adequate before this caliper started to stick, I would find if hard to justify anything other than oem.

robrob

Don't recommend rebuilding--it's much harder than it looks. The re-manufactured calipers from pretty much anywhere should be fine. Be sure and check for a "core charge" where you have to trade in the old caliper.

Breaking Point

went to autozone baught a reman...been fine ever since and offer limited liftime on it

vtecrx

Thanks for all the replies. I'll pick up a rebuilt caliper from Napa or Autozone. I'm going to pull the caliper appart to see if anything is noticably wrong with the piston/seal. They can have my core, it just may be in several pieces. If this becomes a regular problem, I'll have to look into a big brake set-up like robrob or something.