Thanks for the video! 5 trillion videos on replacing brake pads and rotors but few on rebuilding the actual caliper. Appreciate the time you took!

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching

This is the best video I’ve seen on rebuilding a caliper. Please make more videos of this type.

You really know your stuff. I watched this video to learn about brake caliper rebuilding, and I learned other things like vinegar for rust removal, that they make actually spray paint for brake calipers, what a square cut gasket is (first time I heard the term), and more. Thank you very much for creating this. I'm glad I watched this.

I got one side done this afternoon, worked like a charm. Thanks again for making this video. I wouldn't have been able to do the job without it.

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

Glad the video helped you

Good video. Got the right lighting on everything. A few good tips as well. Helped me out a ton. I know lots of people will just buy new calipers but it was way cheaper this way and I enjoyed doing it.

@themechanic6117

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment

excellent video .. I had a huge fiddle to replace the dust shield on my citroen c6 caliper .. the problem was corrosion build up in the locating groove . a cutoff disc in my Dremel got rid of the rust and the lip on the dust rubber boot located exactly like your video shows .. Well done . shame about the sticky paint job .

Bilt Hamber Deox C. Removes rust very well. Magical stuff!

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

great job! I will be do the same on my Honda accord this week. so ..Thank's

Thanks for the great video. The rear calipers need to be rebuilt on my Wife's 2000 Hyundai Tiburon and this video will certainly help.

Awesome, thank you so much. I am just going to replace the caliper boot I think.. and the flat ring... after seeing you disassemble the entire caliper and difficulties I might have. I found the boot torn, though it was my first brake job and I may have torn it by pushing the piston in.. I do think it was already jammed up though. My previous comments are gone thanks to youtube adding the date back :)

Excellent video. Your photography and detail was superb. Very impressive job.

@themechanic6117

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

This just made me decide I’ll take on the challenge on doing it myself thank you!

Just ordered a kit for both rear calipers for my 97 Prelude. Thanks for making this video dude. I'll be watching this video everyday until it comes to give myself a fighting chance!

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate you watching

@muttonhead7739

4 жыл бұрын

@@themechanic6117 People like you are lifesavers for stuff like this. I really appreciate it. Thanks again man. Best of luck from Ireland.

@daddyboss907

4 жыл бұрын

The mech a nic where can a find a rebuild kit for a 1990 integra..thnx in advance!!

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

I got my parts from rockauto

Thanks for this tutorial, very helpful. As suggested, I used a pick to remove that stubborn bottom part inside the caliper and also, at the same time, shook it off by ''softly'' taping it with a screwdriver, like a Robertson #1, thru the bleeding port. But, in my opinion, with this type of caliper, a DIY rebuild is to much work and a bit tricky, especially installing the piston rubber booth. Next time I will get a new or rebuild set of calipers.

@themechanic6117

3 жыл бұрын

The one i rebuilt seems to be working well. The caliper for the other side had too much rust inside it so it was best to just buy a rebuilt caliper

"Caliper paint" is different from normal spray paint in the fact that it is made to withstand the higher temperatures associated with brake systems in general. The same idea applies to engine paint but brakes experience more heat than engines assuming you didn't overheat the engine past the point of no return. Sadly, caliper paint is still paint and as such DOT 3 brake fluid removes it in a real hurry so don't get any brake fluid on any paint you want to keep. Powder coating seems to be the only thing able to withstand brief exposure to brake fluid. If you know of something else I'd love to hear it.

Thanks for the detailed explanation on this. Super helpful

I could've used these recently because mine gave out on my 3rd gen prelude... was fun to find because I forgot a ton of parts were interchangable...

Thank you for this just helped us take apart a caliper for rebuild and powdercoat

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.thanks for watching.

great video, gave me the info I needed to get inside my caliper

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Thanks for watching 👍

Nicely done video, very detailed and thorough

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate you watching

I forgot to say, great video on a money-saving procedure!

Good vid. Honda uses expensive grease and I'd use what they do as Honda rear calipers suck when operated in road salt in winter conditions. The internal grease is premium. Should also use brake cleaner to degrease all the caliper parts. Snap ting pliers work bet and Honda OEM motorcycle ones are primo. Also the part you said and a slit in it is actually a seal. Some seals have a spring in the groove at the back side helping the seal to maintain contact with the part in question. The grove side usually is towards the inside of whatever it's sealing. My the way your narration is excellent, good job.

A caliper this rusted will rust again. Speaking from my experience, I went through hell doing all the same thing you did but for all of my 4 calipers. I cleaned them with a wire brush and spray painted them with the proper paint. It rusted through in a week. Then I repeated the whole thing but this time I sandblasted the calipers and then powdercoated them. I was starting to see some return of the rust pitting on one of the calipers while waiting for the powdercoat so the guy painting them used some strong chemical. After that I rebuilt them. They turned out great (copper brown color) but in 12 months I see signs of rust again. Still not as bad as after the spray paint. Just a heads up for you mate. Great video!

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up

Hi, This is the same model of rear caliper on Honda Jazz. I'm going to use your tutorial to redo mine. For rust removal, some use a phosphoric acid bath.

Use white vinegar and salt the salt makes the vinegar work better. You have to leave the part in 24 hours or more. It will work. Nice job on the caliper. Looks good!!

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Next time ill try the salt, but it forced me to get a sand blaster which im really satisfied with. Thank you

Great video, this should be a fun little rebuild

Awesome video 💯real detailed.

Did this for my del sol a few years ago. Mainly watched this to see how you got the piston boot on. This was a fun project and this video describes the process well.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you ,I appreciate it. How have they been holding up after the rebuild?

@within_cells

6 жыл бұрын

The mech a nic sadly I sold the car a year or two later. I did a full rear disc swap, ss lines and es trailing arm bushings all at once. Made such a difference with that car! The work I did was rock solid for the rest of my time with it.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds nice, I'm putting together a rear disk conversion. I have a video of it up already. Not sure what car I'll get but I'm leaning towards a del sol because more likely to not be as rusty

@within_cells

6 жыл бұрын

The mech a nic del sol are fun but watch out for roof leaks

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Years ago, I had a sol for a few months. Yes it had a roof leak 😂👎

Looks great!

life saving video thank you !!!

Lifesaver dude!

I have used spray engine enamel when i did mine. Hung them up next to a blow heater to cure the paint for 30 mins. Brake fluid runs off them no problem.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Hmmm I'll look into that paint👍thanks for the tip

John- experiment this: DOT 3 NON synthetic brake fluid will strip "paint" off of everything. Soak it, brush it, write your name on something. 2-3 days later, bare metal. "Caliper" and "engine" paint is very special. It is thicker, has a hotter reducer, and usually contains ceramic powder. After sand blasting- liberally brush & rinse with 91% Isopropyl, then spray or brush the coating. Wait 10 minutes, apply 2nd coat. 1 hour later- either bake in electric oven at 300℉ for one hour, or use a heat gun to cure and flow the coating in a cardboard box with heat gun, outside only- even your Shop oven- outside only, not your food oven! Do not handle the part until fully baked/heated and cured 24 hours. Nothing is impervious to brake fluid- it strips everything. Regular "paint" is not ceramic heat paint.

Very relaxing to watch. Looks like a fun project :)

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was a fun project

Great video ! Exact same rear calipers as my Mazda NC MX5/Miata

@themechanic6117

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Great video, very helpfull

Thanks man, very informative video👍

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

A homemade electrolysis tank works great and is a super easy way of removing the rust too

Thanks my man great video,, keep up the good 👌

@themechanic6117

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Great video, my caliper on a 95gsr seized up, looks like they rebuilt both of them at 1 point on the rear and did not replace the piston and put the brackets on backwards so the pins were upside down and seized the gold slider pins were on top. The pick idea to get the bottom piece inside the caliper was the only way I could and I got lucky as it was bone dry, no brake fluid. Ill be sparing with the red tacky grease I decided to go with at the points you greased and reuse what I have. In the near future rebuild both rear calipers in tandem really, get into the bracket holes, replace the pins and pistons but this will get it into working condition. Just sharing my fun from a basic brake job gone array!

@socknetea

6 жыл бұрын

If you notice, the gold and grey Pin, the bracket usually has a gold and dark hole. The gold pin has 4 flat sides and is goes onto the bottom whole, It doesn't seem like it but the brackets have a Left and Right to ensure the gold is on the bottom, but when they are rusted its hard to see. Im sure this is what caused my pins to seize since both were in the grey wholes.

@TiHKaL42

5 жыл бұрын

Very useful info. Thanks.

@gplusgplus2286

5 жыл бұрын

Yes always do them in pairs because rebuilding the second one takes like 1/20 of the time of the first one.

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

That's true 😂👍

Sweet job

Finally doing this for my two sets of calipers, i found that the easiest way in 5:50 is just hit the caliper against something and that piece will come out.

@2JAYZ-GTE

4 жыл бұрын

Turn the handbrake axle bolt thingy with your hand and try to figure out when its at the top position and the it should fall out when you give it a couple bangs

@KiranKullar

2 жыл бұрын

Your a legend

This is an excellent video! Thanks

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.thanks for watching

Great instructional video the best I've ever seen so far to know all the details about brake calipers, clear picture and sound professional work, for most of DIY I would just buy a new one, but its good to know how they function. Thank you for taking the time and effort. A+

Thank you buddy! Very interesting video!

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for leaving a comment 👍

Thank you for this. ❤️

@themechanic6117

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

that... was awesome!! Thanks!!

@themechanic6117

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Bro, great job!

@themechanic6117

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Ok I haven't done one of them. Original callipers on the 02 Silverado I may have to give it a go just because you did :)

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

I say go for it !! :)

So after fighting half hour with pick tool to remove the last piece i realized in the middle there is small hole. Just hit it with a rubber tip air gun and it pops out no problem. (and when you do that, the nipple bleeder screw have to be closed)

pretty nice video man props

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

that helped a lot thanks!

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

hey. we drink the same coffee.. right on!!

@themechanic6117

3 жыл бұрын

🤣💪

Great vid 🤟

@themechanic6117

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I lightly sanded the pistons with 1000 grit and then 1500 and then finished up with 3000. They looked almost new.

gracias compadre

I rebuilt the front calipers on my Accord but, I'll just buy new ones for the back and paint them myself. The rear calipers are a little more complicated with the added mechanisms for the parking break. I used the Rustoleum caliper paint on them and they look great. My breaks stop so much better now that they are painted. Ha ha.

Also as i type i have a set of calipers cooking in the electrolysis bath to remove massive amounts of rust. Its falling off when i just checked them. Much better than vinegar.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Yes the vinegar is a joke, didn't seem to work at all for me . 👍

@krismcleod272

6 жыл бұрын

The mech a nic i put bolts in vinegar but its for 3 or 4 days and still need a good wire brush for a few minutes. But found i have lost some material on the threads this way. Not good.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's not good,I'll stay away from that

I think you have to bake the paint if it is ceramic coated. No?

great video. you should do more honda videos.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

I have a few more things planned ,thanks for watching

Good video

Thank you

Can u do a front caliper rebuild please? Very well detailed and explained!

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

88r3ckless thank you, if i can get my hands on a front caliper I will.

Just something to add. The pin for the ebrake spins on roller bearings. These bearings are not replaceable as far as I know, If they fall off the cage, your ebrake is never going to fully release and the pads will drag until worn.

@markomaric873

4 жыл бұрын

They are replaceable ,part number: 43223-SD2-932

great video.

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Might the regular chassis grease you used for assembly of internal parts and rubber seals attack the seals and swell them? Use the special caliper grease you showed?

good work

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Duplicolor paint kit works very well and resists the brake fluid in my experience, the brush -on method

@muhammadmustaqimmatali1282

4 жыл бұрын

Jbb

@muhammadmustaqimmatali1282

4 жыл бұрын

Jhh

Man!! That grease looks so delicious.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Very well done vid, great job. What type of grease did you use for the inner parts of the hand brake actuator (ie. looks like a pill on the vid)

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

Just plain synthetic bearing grease

Perfect!!!!!!!!!!

Thumbs up. This is a very good video. You really know your stuff. I agree that that paint is garbage and just a gimmick. I tried it once, and it never cured. It stayed tacky for days, and I ended up stripping it off. I suspect that the axle grease you put inside the caliper will not be good in the long run, but I hope I'm wrong. Subscribed.

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's not axle it's synthetic caliper grease

@earlebird4262

5 жыл бұрын

@@themechanic6117 That's reasonable, but I mean that I don't think any petroleum grease is going to be compatible with brake fluid. One is polar, and one is not. It's like trying to mix oil and vinegar. Again, I hope I'm wrong.

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info👍

Do you usually need to get a new piston when rebuilding? I know many of these calipers reman cost at least $110 here in canada

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

If the piston is pitted then yes you should replace it. As you can see the ones I have look to be in perfect condition.

As I understand it, you are not supposed to use a petroleum based grease for brake systems because it degrades the rubber seals. Silicone grease is what is typically used.

To get a stuck slide pin out I put the bolt back in part way, put a wrench in the gap and then hit the wrench with a hammer so that the impact will pull the slide pin out. One of the pins has flats and you shouldn't be twisting it back and forth in an effort to get it out.

saw a very small tear in the piston rubber when changing pads. can I just replace the rubber or do i have to rebuild entirely like in the video?

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

Yes the piston has to come out to replace the boot

if you are having a hard time getting that cup in the bottom out with a pick, or you dont have a pick. you can slam it upside down on a piece of wood and it should drop out, actuate the emergency brake a few times to loosen it too.

Nice

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Ants In My Eyes Johnson thank you

If I use white distilled vinegar for rust removal, is it imperative that I remove it with baking soda afterwards?

great vid! the inner pad with the little pin should fit into the slot on the capiler piston, but if the caliper piston is going counter clockwise when pressing the brake pedal- how it will turn? the brake pad cant turn.. im confused

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

The pin does go into the slot. The piston turns to retract it but it doesnt turn when you're pushing the brake pedal

Very smart

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

naval jelly takes 24 hrs at 60 degrees or more because its heavy it works and actually turns the rust back int o metal the dark back is normal soak the whole thing keep it wet let it dry then pressure wash after that use the wire whelk its be great the black i8s normal its the best

Does anyone know what that bolt is called that actuates the handbrake? As shown at 6:44 in the video.

Great video ! I have a 2006 TSX and just replaced both rear wheel brake calipers, rotors, and pads and now my parking brake cable does not put enough pressure on the brake pads. I can see the cable and the boots compressed and I do get a little braking but not like I did with my old parts. I bled the brakes and they seem to work fine. Any suggestions ? I'm thinking I have a bad re-manufactured caliper. Thanks in advance.

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

The parking brake should be able to be adjusted to apply more pressure

Would that grease will cause brake fluid contamination?

What is the red grease you used?

How you doing I'd like to ask you a question what's the name of that square tool that you use

Now I wana do this but first let me buy new ones so if I screw up lmao I'm covered

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

😂👍

They turned out great. This would be a great project for a DIY'er because paying for labor wouldn't be cost effective, or?

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

wyattoneable it is a great diy project, if the calipers for your car are really expensive its worth a diy. Thanks for your comment buddy.

@georgelackey622

6 жыл бұрын

If you trust the diy, don't drive near me! What is your safety worth?

I’m going to run a staging break setup and no e brake cables. Can I leave out the e break pets or do I need to rebuild, without cable, to retainer pressure

@themechanic6117

4 жыл бұрын

Im not sure about that but if it were me id still keep those parts in the caliper and just not run the ebrake cables to them.

cider vinegar is more effective than white. when you have a lot of rust it takes a long time though. wire brush, then rinse with water, then vinegar, then wire brush. caliper paint is more for the high temperatures as i understand it. But yeah, they tend to suck.

Is that wheel bearing grease petro based?

Thanks it helped me for my Renault laguna 2, 10$ for the kit vs 120$ for the brake caliper.. i made my choice lol

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

Good luck 👍

@karimn313

10 ай бұрын

Do you have a part number for the caliper?

when i was rebuilding mine no matter how many times I tried I couldn't re thread the piston back inside the housing

That second slide pin looks like it will seize again. Both should slide equal amounts or you will get angled pad wear.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

I've looked into it. These still aren't installed on a car

Great fuckin video, just got motivated to do my own

@themechanic6117

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to help! Good luck on yours👍

Hey Jonathan are you going to offer this service?

Yeah, getting that piston dust seal seated is tricky.

One more trick to get piston in is to use aluminium can, cut it apart and use it to flex the boot so you can drop the piston in without need to put the boot on piston.

@themechanic6117

6 жыл бұрын

That's a neat idea 👍thanks

I had good luck with G2 paint very robust from Chip, heat and fluid When fully cured.