Caliper rebuilt vs reman caliper

[antonio7566]

Just wondering what some of you think of using a rebuilt kit on calipers. Vs buying remanufactured ones. Is it just as good or not really? At my local jy I can get a set of prelude vtec calipers for $10 each so $20 for both. If I buy used I want to make sure they will be in good working order.

[xkjnboix]

bring a c clamp with you to the junker. detatch the brake line and compress the piston. if there is little resistance then you have a good caliper ( most likely ). the fronts hardly ever go bad since its a simple front back movement the rears however are usually hard to find in good working condition especially the rear passengers.

id take a good junked caliper over a 60$ reman anyday as long as the seals are good then you will come out ahead. if you have a bad seal then 30$ caliper + 20$ reman kit isnt worth it to me.

[antonio7566]

Thanks for that tip I did not know that. It's $2O for both so if they test good it's still a pretty sweet deal if they test good thanks for your input.

[mitsubishiv5]

a rebuild kit goes for way cheaper than 20. plus its easy to rebuild a caliper, youll come up and learn something new while youre doing it.

Id say it takes 20 mins a side after good cleaning and making sure the seals seat properly in the grooves. if i remember correctly its 2 seals per side

[Karl]

the piston seal does the work, the dust seal helps keep things happy.