Rebuilding caliper, what to lube the o-ring with
12-08-2004, 11:53 PM
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Rebuilding caliper, what to lube the o-ring with
I am in the middle of a front end rebuild on my 74. I recieved a new caliper o-ring kit from VBP. I have stainless sleeved calipers orginally from VBP. My question is what do I lube the new o-ring and piston with to assemble the caliper? One of my repair manuals recommends using clean brake fluid as an assembley fluid. Any suggestions?
Garson
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12-09-2004, 01:30 AM
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St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Make sure its the same brake fluid too. I've been told that you don't want to mix different types. (dot 3/ dot 5) I don't know the difference though. Just what I've been told.
12-09-2004, 01:17 PM
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With the VBP O-Ring kit, you should have recived a small tube of lubricant to use for this purpose. I think they inlcude one with each two O-Ring packages. They talk about it in the instructions.
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12-09-2004, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Stoge
Clean brake fluid should be fine, especially with the O-ring seals.
12-09-2004, 10:33 PM
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I did get a small tube of lube in the pack for the front calipers. The reason I am asking these questions is that the kit came with no instructions and I have tried all week to contact VBP tech line with no success. I will try again tomorrow. Thanks for all the replies.
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