O-Ringed My Rear Calipers
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 34
From: Lenoir City Tennessee
Ci 6, 8 & 10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
O-Ringed My Rear Calipers
Yesterday I put the VB O-ring pistons in my rear calipers. All I can say is wow. The brakes are NOW, when you touch the brake pedal. I am well pleased. Tomorrow I will tackle the fronts.
Cudos to Vette Brakes on the oring kits. Glad I went this way. Thanks to Tony for offering the deal to us.
Cudos to Vette Brakes on the oring kits. Glad I went this way. Thanks to Tony for offering the deal to us.
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 34
From: Lenoir City Tennessee
Ci 6, 8 & 10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (tjl5709)
No group purchase, just an extended offer. Here is the link to the post. Sport718 made the offer and I took advantage of it.
[Modified by Eddie 70, 7:52 PM 11/9/2003]
[Modified by Eddie 70, 7:52 PM 11/9/2003]
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 11,891
Likes: 3
From: Kansas City, MO ...I'd like to go fishing and catch a fishstick. That'd be convenient. - Mitch Hedberg
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Eddie 70)
How hard is it to do? How much cheaper than the alternative of replacing the calipers?
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
From: St. Pete Beach Florida
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Ak. Mal)
The process is very easy. It will take about 15 minutes tops for each caliper to be rebuilt. The O-ring conversion is VBP parts 11309 and 11310 two of each. I will give a special price of $ 99.95 good for 24 hours. 800-237-9991 or tony@vettebrakes.com
Sport 718
Tony
Sport 718
Tony
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
From: St. Pete Beach Florida
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Sport 718)
Oh yeah, the price of replacing with O-ring calipers is $ 364.95 list price. I guess I'll do a 24 hour special on that for $ 328.46 and a $ 160.00 core charge.
Sport 718
Tony
Sport 718
Tony
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 34
From: Lenoir City Tennessee
Ci 6, 8 & 10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Sport 718)
Guys, it really is an easy job to replace the old style with the o-ring type. You will spend more time pulling the calipers off than it takes to install the new O-ring pistons. I was amazed at how easy it was.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Drifting
Joined: May 1999
Posts: 1,610
Likes: 3
From: Goulburn, Australia NSW
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Sport 718)
Tony... Are special O ring pistons required for this conversion or can just the O rings themselves be used?
Btw, can you say g'day to Jeff for me please. He might remember talking to me from last year while I was visiting. Just tell him it's the tall Aussie who got into the wrong side of my car when leaving Vette Brakes. :rolleyes:
Btw, can you say g'day to Jeff for me please. He might remember talking to me from last year while I was visiting. Just tell him it's the tall Aussie who got into the wrong side of my car when leaving Vette Brakes. :rolleyes:
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
From: St. Pete Beach Florida
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Brutus)
Brutis,
The O-ring pistons are different from the lip-seal pistons. The lip-seals have an angled edge where the seal itself goes into. The O-rings have a squared out cut rather like this [ .
So, no you can't put O-ring seals on a lip-seal piston.
Sport 718
Tony
The O-ring pistons are different from the lip-seal pistons. The lip-seals have an angled edge where the seal itself goes into. The O-rings have a squared out cut rather like this [ .
So, no you can't put O-ring seals on a lip-seal piston.
Sport 718
Tony
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
From: St. Pete Beach Florida
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (adam)
There is no wrong application for O-ring calipers. They are great for Vettes that sleep for the Winter. Lip seals tend to leak if they sit for long periods of time, the lip seal will lose it's memory and fluid will leak out. O-rings WILL NOT do this and they decrease piston cavitation.
Sport 718
Sport 718
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,255
Likes: 0
From: Manalapan FL
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Eddie 70)
I was about to install o-ring calipers when the local vette shop (who will be doing the work) recommended against it, claiming o-ring calipers don't release properly, causing the pads to drag (excessively) on the rotor.
Anyone have experience with this issue?
Thanks,
D. Ocean
Manalapan, FLA
[Modified by 74FLCONV, 2:18 PM 11/11/2003]
Anyone have experience with this issue?
Thanks,
D. Ocean
Manalapan, FLA
[Modified by 74FLCONV, 2:18 PM 11/11/2003]
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 3,365
Likes: 5
From: Lake Villa IL
Cruise-In IV Veteran
Cruise-In V Veteran
St. Jude Contributor
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Eddie 70)
Check my website. I have a play by play, with photos, on how to install the kit. It's easy and a great upgrade.
No more crappy brakes!
:party:
No more crappy brakes!
:party:
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 5,000
Likes: 1
From: Minneapolis, Mn USA
Re: O-Ringed My Rear Calipers (Corvette ED)
I did the O-ring conversion and added SS braided flex lines along with a new power booster at the same time. MC was newer and calipers were newer but were originally OEM seals.
I have to say my vettes brake pedal is as solid as any brake I've ever felt. My 98 ZR2 Blazer and our 03 Mazda6 doesnt have as good of a pedal IMHO.
I was amazed at the difference these 3 changes made. My pads and rotors were also fairly new as the brakes were recently done on the car before I bought it, but the power booster went bad.
Made my purchase price much lower since the owner couldn't figure out why the brakes were intermittentaly bad. :yesnod:
Brent...
I have to say my vettes brake pedal is as solid as any brake I've ever felt. My 98 ZR2 Blazer and our 03 Mazda6 doesnt have as good of a pedal IMHO.
I was amazed at the difference these 3 changes made. My pads and rotors were also fairly new as the brakes were recently done on the car before I bought it, but the power booster went bad.
Made my purchase price much lower since the owner couldn't figure out why the brakes were intermittentaly bad. :yesnod:
Brent...
