Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required?
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Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required?
I'm sure some of you guys have powdercoated your calipers. I'm going to do my calipers and brackets
in red, and will do the unswept part of the rotors in black. I've been machining some airplane parts for my
buddy, and he owes me some powder coat work in return. He's got one of those Hot Coat systems that
Eastwood sells. He bought it for coating his kit plane parts and it does a really nice job.
Anyway, am I going to have to rebuild the calipers after they're heated (to melt the powder) or will
they be OK? I think it takes 350-400 F degrees heat to melt the powder.
What's involved in rebuilding the calipers, just pulling pistons and replacing the seals?
Where should I buy the parts if rebuild is required?
Thanks in advance for the help/advice.
in red, and will do the unswept part of the rotors in black. I've been machining some airplane parts for my
buddy, and he owes me some powder coat work in return. He's got one of those Hot Coat systems that
Eastwood sells. He bought it for coating his kit plane parts and it does a really nice job.
Anyway, am I going to have to rebuild the calipers after they're heated (to melt the powder) or will
they be OK? I think it takes 350-400 F degrees heat to melt the powder.
What's involved in rebuilding the calipers, just pulling pistons and replacing the seals?
Where should I buy the parts if rebuild is required?
Thanks in advance for the help/advice.
Melting Slicks
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? ('99Vetteguy)
Go ahead and have them coated... There is no need to tear them down, we have done more than a few sets with no problems (one being my own car)!
Just make sure they mask the holes and seals before coating :)
[Modified by NassBlue, 11:45 AM 7/6/2002]
Just make sure they mask the holes and seals before coating :)
[Modified by NassBlue, 11:45 AM 7/6/2002]
Burning Brakes
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? ('99Vetteguy)
I read somewhere that all of the attaching bolts and washers need to be replaced as per chev. shop manual when removing and replacing calipers. You might want to check on that. :confused: I also heard that it's about $100.00 for the replacement parts also! :( :cheers:
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? (Skyguy^^)
Skyguy^^,
Thanks for the input. The reason why they say that it's required to replace the bolts
for your brake caliper brackets is that the bolts come with a Loc-tite type compound
pre-installed from the factory. When you remove the bolts, the compound needs to
be replaced. Their solution is to buy new bolts. My solution is blue Loc-tite. :)
Another note on brake caliper bracket bolts. Those things are usually extra high
strength bolts, like grade 10. DO NOT use hardware store bolts to install your brake
caliper brackets!!!
Thanks for the input. The reason why they say that it's required to replace the bolts
for your brake caliper brackets is that the bolts come with a Loc-tite type compound
pre-installed from the factory. When you remove the bolts, the compound needs to
be replaced. Their solution is to buy new bolts. My solution is blue Loc-tite. :)
Another note on brake caliper bracket bolts. Those things are usually extra high
strength bolts, like grade 10. DO NOT use hardware store bolts to install your brake
caliper brackets!!!
Burning Brakes
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? (Corvette Poor)
Where would a guy go looking locally to get powder coating done ?
What kind of places do this type of thing ?
What kind of places do this type of thing ?
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? (Corvette Poor)
Jim,
A lot of times, there are specialty coating shops that do industrial painting, sand blasting,
and also powder coating. They may also do 'high performance' coatings such as ceramic
coating like they do on headers/exhaust or some of the various internal engine component
coatings they have these days. Some shops may also do cryo tempering. The best way to
find someone local to you would be to start looking in the yellow pages in the painting section
or look for powder coating and see if there's anything there, then make some calls.
A lot of times, there are specialty coating shops that do industrial painting, sand blasting,
and also powder coating. They may also do 'high performance' coatings such as ceramic
coating like they do on headers/exhaust or some of the various internal engine component
coatings they have these days. Some shops may also do cryo tempering. The best way to
find someone local to you would be to start looking in the yellow pages in the painting section
or look for powder coating and see if there's anything there, then make some calls.
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? (TexCorvette)
Good point. I was considering buying either Z06 calipers or buying someone's take offs
so I could do a quick caliper swap and then coat and resell my original calipers to offset
the cost of buying new ones. But, since it sounds like I can coat without doing a rebuild,
I'll just live with a day or two of down time on my car. No big deal. Besides, I really need
to install some ATE super blue fluid in my 'vette anyway...
so I could do a quick caliper swap and then coat and resell my original calipers to offset
the cost of buying new ones. But, since it sounds like I can coat without doing a rebuild,
I'll just live with a day or two of down time on my car. No big deal. Besides, I really need
to install some ATE super blue fluid in my 'vette anyway...
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? ('99Vetteguy)
I powdercoated mine ... they look good ... I bought used calipers, had them coated ... and sold my stock calipers after the swap
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? (NewVetteLover)
We always tear down our calipers that go to the coaters to insure that the seals don't get ruined from the heat. :yesnod:
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Re: Powder coating calipers. Rebuild required? (VBP)
We always tear down our calipers that go to the coaters to insure that the seals don't get ruined from the heat. :yesnod:
This is what I was thinking too
