brakes Help. Need to rebuild calipers.

[Guest Anonymous]

I have a 73 and the calipers are seized. Is it cheaper to rebuild or buy rebuilt ones. I have never rebuilt calipers. Is it an easy job? Where can I get parts for this? I also need rear cylinders.

[TobyB]

It's not particularly easy, especially the first time (heh).

But once you figure it out, it's just kind of time consuming.

Getting the pistons out intact is usually the hard part-

if compressed air won't do it, (or won't get all of them)

then you often end up destroying the pistons.

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[MAD02]

Here you go, bro.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/t,301477/

Here's where I got my rebuild kit. Good luck!!

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=y2fflibl4y055g2m02h1b4np&makeid=800003@BMW&modelid=1010754@2002&year=1973&cid=14@Brake%20%26%20Wheel%20Hub&gid=1720@Brake%20Caliper%20Repair%20Kit

[Schweineback]

Out of common sense I would have them rebuild by a shop. Brakes have little error margin, and nothing more annoying than having your car's front end meet with the neighbors' yard tree.

[gwb72tii]

i've done it before

if you search for threads under my name i just asked this question about 3 days ago. one of the posts in the thread links to info on how to do it. there really isn't much too it if you don't separate the caliper, other as toby mentions getting the pistons to come out. if they're frozen, then you'll know you need rebuilt.

[brianstj]

I rebuilt ne of my calipers. There was a lot of gunk around the lip of the piston bore that was a pain to get cleaned off, but it was making my piston stick which is why I got in there in the first place. The whole process is not that difficult. I found some inexpensive rebuild kits at some place in Arizona - can't recall the name but you might be able to find them on Google.

Once I got everything back in place I was putting in new bleeder screws and found the hole in the caliper was stripped Not worth trying to repair IMO, so I went searching for full rebuilt calipers online. Most of the vendors will have them, but I actually found the best price through Kragen.