THMotorsports

Ditto.

thomsbrain

I rebuilt all 4 calipers about 5 years ago and found that everything was pretty easy except for those bastard dust boots, which were damn near impossible to re-install. There might have been one or two where I didn't get them fully seated or just gave up entirely. Luckily on a track car, the dust boots tend to burn off anyway, so I wasn't terribly concerned. Not sure if I would bother rebuilding if I had to do it again, but it was interesting shade-tree mechanic experience to see how the calipers fit together and function.

Edit, if you do rebuild, you can easily blow the piston out of the caliper body by pressing a compressor hose against the brake line fitting and giving it a blast. Saves a lot of trouble. *THUNK*

scottdh20

i talked to a powerstop rep at gridlife and asked if there "performance red" caliper was anything special over the standard remans. i dont recall exactly what he said but basically they use higher quality parts for the rebuild and the dust boots i believ can withstand higher temps before falling apart

freq

While that may be true, I was a little let down when the powdercoated remans I got from PowerStop through RockAuto were NOT Nissins but, they have served me well regardless.

That's good to hear if true though.

Xene

I rebuilt my oem rear calipers last summer. The job is pretty easy if your good at mechanic work. I preferred to rebuild since all the remanufactured versions were not Nissins and I prefer OEM quality rubber seals and boots. You don't know what quality the remanufactured ones are. I opted out of the Powerstop ones since I didn't want the flashy red calipers and prefer subtle stock appearance if I also ever sell the car.

The only hard part is putting the dust boot back on. It helps to have another set of hands, I couldn't do it by myself trying to hold the piston and boot while placing in groove. I was able to properly set all the dust boots so it is doable.

Scooterboy

Were you able to use OEM pads with the red PowerStop? I have a set of calipers on order but didn't order pads.

summitrider2012

I just rebuilt mine. Trick for the dust boot is I cut a thin plate insert the same height as the piston and about 1/2 longer than the diameter and inserted that into the boot once installed and snuck the piston in then removed the insert and bam! Done.

freq

Yes.

Scooterboy

Thanks!!

arsenal

@freq are these the Power Stop's you're referring to?

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...b,caliper,1704

Curious how much better the Raybestos versions are...