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Complete teardown and re-assembly of Rear Calipers (w/ integrated parking brake)
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<blockquote data-quote="Teal Terminator" data-source="post: 10689649" data-attributes="member: 26375"><p>I've heard of guys doing/trying this but any powder coater I talked to advised against it. The problem is, with the rears, is you can't just replace the seal that is around the parking brake lever b/c that lever actually has to come out to do so. And of course you can't remove that lever without removing the internals. There is also the O-ring on the end of the screw that is down inside the parking brake internals. </p><p></p><p>It is possible that both these seals might survive the powder coating process b/c it's quite likely the calipers themselves get hotter during hard/repeated braking than they will be PC'ed (~400 degrees). But most folks I talked to said it was more about the extended time the PC would take at these elevated temps compared to just braking. And again, my powder coater was actually more worried about the fluid/grease down inside the caliper that would come out during the baking process and ruin the coating combined with the sand blasting and cleaning solution he was going to use to clean up the caliper before taping. Secondly, at least on older cars like mine, these seals are probably already starting to rot a little from age and may not hold up as well.</p><p></p><p>I know it has been done so it's possible but for me it wasn't worth going to the trouble of rebuilding them, having them powder coated, re-installing them and bleeding the system just to have the seal in the back start to leak, or worse blow out, sometime soon after that. But again, this full dis-assembly/re-assembly wasn't exactly a walk in the park either, lol, so I could see someone trying it first and then if it leaks dealing with.</p><p></p><p>To each their own... I just chose this route.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again,</p><p>Ryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teal Terminator, post: 10689649, member: 26375"] I've heard of guys doing/trying this but any powder coater I talked to advised against it. The problem is, with the rears, is you can't just replace the seal that is around the parking brake lever b/c that lever actually has to come out to do so. And of course you can't remove that lever without removing the internals. There is also the O-ring on the end of the screw that is down inside the parking brake internals. It is possible that both these seals might survive the powder coating process b/c it's quite likely the calipers themselves get hotter during hard/repeated braking than they will be PC'ed (~400 degrees). But most folks I talked to said it was more about the extended time the PC would take at these elevated temps compared to just braking. And again, my powder coater was actually more worried about the fluid/grease down inside the caliper that would come out during the baking process and ruin the coating combined with the sand blasting and cleaning solution he was going to use to clean up the caliper before taping. Secondly, at least on older cars like mine, these seals are probably already starting to rot a little from age and may not hold up as well. I know it has been done so it's possible but for me it wasn't worth going to the trouble of rebuilding them, having them powder coated, re-installing them and bleeding the system just to have the seal in the back start to leak, or worse blow out, sometime soon after that. But again, this full dis-assembly/re-assembly wasn't exactly a walk in the park either, lol, so I could see someone trying it first and then if it leaks dealing with. To each their own... I just chose this route. Thanks again, Ryan [/QUOTE]
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