[Healeys] caliper rebuild

George Vernau Sr gvernau at containerhouse.com
Mon Sep 28 14:51:12 MDT 2009


Thanks to everyone who responded- you were really a big help.  I pulled the caliper off
yesterday  and put 100 psi air to it just to see what happened. One of the pistons had
lots of bubbles so I assume that was the leak.  When I removed the seals I found that I
had not damaged them during installation but I think they were low quality to start with- 
they looked like they had been cut with a hack saw- sort of wavy, scalloped edges. I also 
checked a few unused seals from Moss left over from the last attempt and they have the 
same lousy appearance.  Anyway, I ordered a new high quality seal kit today from the 
Nock's at British Car Specialists along with some red rubber grease and will hopefully 
get it right this time.
Thanks again-
George Vernau Sr
1967 BJ8


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