[Fot] Caliper Rebuild

[Joe Alexander]

Speaking of caliper seals.....

Chris Marx left with us, several sets of his seals for calipers. It was a
special run with a superior material. We are successfully using them in our
car.

We can ship them to you.....you can pay Chris thru PayPal.

Joe Alexander
645 1st Street
Jesup, IA 50648
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711

> On Aug 27, 2014, at 6:46 AM, SCOTT JANZEN <sjanzen at me.com> wrote:
>
> I rebuild or inspect my calipers (girling 16P) probably twice a season. Get
> stainless steel pistons, and the seal rebuild kits- I've been getting them
> from Team Triumph. The SS pistons will not rust, clean up readily with a
soft
> application of scotch brite and brake cleaner so they'll last pretty much
> forever. You are not terribly concerned about the condition of the bores,
as
> long as there is no rust or scale, as unlike a MC the piston slides on the
> seal, rather than the seal sliding in the bore.  There is no need or point
in
> separating the caliper halves.
> I got in the habit of regular rebuilds after one particularly hot weekend
> where I loaded my car in the trailer after the last race, and unloaded to
find
> a puddle of fluid by the LF wheel. The seal had just cooked!
>
> Sent from my mobile device
>
>> On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:17 AM, Michael Moore <mmoore at mtmcpafirm.com> wrote:
>>
>> After my weekend at Grattan I noticed my Girling caliper was weaping a
> little
>> fluid out of top center.
>>
>> Can these be rebuilt? Moss says NO in their catalog.
>>
>> I took it apart and it is a simple O-ring that needs replaced.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mike
>>
>> 62 TR4, Race car
>> 63 TR4, Street car
>>
>> Mike & Becky Moore
>> 6050 Ruhl Road
>> Fairview, PA 16415
>>
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