Keep original calipers?
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From: Birmingham Alabama
Keep original calipers?
1968 327/350, 4 speed coupe.
Is it best to keep the original calipers or does it effect numbers matching value at all?
It needs a complete brake system from sitting for so long.
Advice??
Is it best to keep the original calipers or does it effect numbers matching value at all?
It needs a complete brake system from sitting for so long.
Advice??
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Birmingham Alabama
It'll be driven.
I just didn't want to core a part that adds value to the car from a date code standpoint.
Sometimes, I'm under the impression calipers are a disposable, wear item whose correctness adds little to a car, especially a 327/350 no option car like mine.
$200.00 in core could be spent on another road worthy part.
I just didn't want to core a part that adds value to the car from a date code standpoint.
Sometimes, I'm under the impression calipers are a disposable, wear item whose correctness adds little to a car, especially a 327/350 no option car like mine.
$200.00 in core could be spent on another road worthy part.
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Hi 242,
The calipers had part numbers and date codes cast into them.
The original calipers might be important to a few people.
For example, if they were appropriate for my 71 I'd buy them from you and have them sleeved as MrF suggests.
So ?
Regards,
Alan
The calipers had part numbers and date codes cast into them.
The original calipers might be important to a few people.
For example, if they were appropriate for my 71 I'd buy them from you and have them sleeved as MrF suggests.
So ?
Regards,
Alan
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Every once in a blue moon you meet a genuine great guy this is one of them; Precision engineering from Wellington Florida will sent you a kit with 16 stainless pistons that are undercut and O-Ringed with and new style o-ring seal instead of OEM style lip seal ,new bleeders,plugs,and for ten bucks more you receive a honer .disasemble yours, clean run air thru holes, and hole then clean again and for 159.00 you get the best of the best with your calipers 
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The first set of stainless sleeved calipers that I ever bought (exchange) were somebody elses rejects. The original GM mounting tabs were drilled offset on one of them and the caliper sat cockeyed on the spindle. As a result, the pads did not engage the rotor correctly. The bleeder seats were all screwed up as well. I had trouble getting the bleeders to stop leaking. When a bleeder has to be drilled out, the angle of a standard drill bit is not the same angle as the bleeder seat. So... if/when somebody drills out a bleeder, and the bit goes past the end of the bleeder and hits the seat, the seat ends up at the angle of the drill bit. This causes seating problems with the new bleeder. So- I do not exchange cores. I get mine sleeved and sent back to me. 2 cents.
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I would suggest quality brake pads also I would suggest new brake hoses all four calipers.this is a very easy DIY. Job all hat is needed is a drill and a vice. Phone # is 888-748-0362 .he even gives you all new bolts exact specs. A real walk in the park!
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The odds that your 68, still has it's original calipers, are pretty slim. Most old Corvettes have had at least a couple of their calipers replaced, if not all of them.
It's nice to have a "matched set" of castings, but not really a big deal for judging or value. With the wheel on the car, they can't be seen, so the numbers aren't usually judged. How many buyers, go to the trouble, to pull 4 wheels, to check the caliper numbers. The most any of us do, is usually try to see if they're Delco calipers, and not the no name aftermarket replacements.
If you do have a matched set of original cores, most of the rebuilders, will sleeve and rebuild yours. They'll usually charge a tracking fee, of around $10-$15 per caliper. You can also request a matched set, from most of the rebuilders. Again, they charge a small fee for this service, but it could be worth it, if you want to keep all of your numbers and dates in line.
It's nice to have a "matched set" of castings, but not really a big deal for judging or value. With the wheel on the car, they can't be seen, so the numbers aren't usually judged. How many buyers, go to the trouble, to pull 4 wheels, to check the caliper numbers. The most any of us do, is usually try to see if they're Delco calipers, and not the no name aftermarket replacements.
If you do have a matched set of original cores, most of the rebuilders, will sleeve and rebuild yours. They'll usually charge a tracking fee, of around $10-$15 per caliper. You can also request a matched set, from most of the rebuilders. Again, they charge a small fee for this service, but it could be worth it, if you want to keep all of your numbers and dates in line.