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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 08:13 PM
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Gotta agree. Buy the Very best you can afford. I will NEVER buy a reman. or rebuilt brake part again. Just spent almost 1800 bucks and a year tracing down a leaking caliper. The 6th mechanic finally found the leak.
This has me puzzled; leaks aren't that difficult to locate. i.e., what's above the puddle? Trace the fluid higher until it is no longer present.
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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 08:32 PM
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High heat resistant black low gloss paint. Easy to find at a minimum. Ike
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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 09:51 PM
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The casting are crap and have always been crap when they rebuild the calipers they mismatch the side when or after they clean them Its always been very important that you remove all burrs and deformed areas of the mating surfaces for a proper fit and a slightly oversize o-ring should be a must. I rebuilt several of the calipers and always bench tested them after for leaks
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After 5 years of jacking around with O'Reilly's rebuilt calipers, on the 5th one on the right front and three on the others, I went with Wilwoods. As soon as it warms up and quits snowing they will be installed.
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Christine....Those calipers are not AC DELCO (DELCO MORAINE)....so that was kind of expected.

Chinese re-pops are trouble.

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