Damaged Caliper Piston

by **~Spadwaller~** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:01 am

I was replacing my front brake pads and I noticed that the rubber seal around the piston in the caliper had a huge hole. Is this serious, should I get this repaired immediately?

by **Grazi07** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:23 am

Safest option would be to replace it, but if you're not losing fluid and not feeling a difference in braking performance, then you can probably wait a bit.

by **~Spadwaller~** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:30 am

Replace the whole caliper, aww man

by **Grazi07** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:28 pm

you might only have to do the piston itself, I'm not sure if a new one will come with the seal I think you're talking about or not.

by **Assyrian** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:29 pm

I don't know... maybe it's just me... but I would just replace the whole darn thing out of fear haha.

by **Grazi07** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:41 pm

As far as I know, the piston is the only "mechanical" portion of the caliper. As long as the calpier housing isn't cracked and you can re-seat the new piston cleanly, I don't think there's a reason to do the whole thing.

If you've got any mod money, maybe you could experiment with fitting a multi-piston caliper?

by **~Spadwaller~** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:47 pm

Clarificaton: its the piston boot that is shredded.
Kinda like this pic

by **SleeperSolara** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:53 pm

Grazi07 wrote:As far as I know, the piston is the only "mechanical" portion of the caliper. As long as the calpier housing isn't cracked and you can re-seat the new piston cleanly, I don't think there's a reason to do the whole thing.
If you've got any mod money, maybe you could experiment with fitting a multi-piston caliper?

Yeah would be cool.
No man all you have to so is buy a caliper seal package.
It happened to me too.
I saw a tear in my caliper seal too, and ordered a caliper seal package from the dealership; and replaced to torn rubber seal it a new one and the metal rings that hold it in place.
I suggest you use a shallow tray to hold the fluid that comes out when you take the caliper off.
Will be slippery when you take it apart.
Will be a 1 hour job i think.......
Good luck man.
PM or IM me on AOL if you need help.
I've done it, but my brakes still feel spongy... :-?

[ I think it the master cylinder]

by **SleeperSolara** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:56 pm

~Spadwaller~ wrote:Clarificaton: its the piston boot that is shredded.
Kinda like this pic

I thought we had 1 piston.
That looks like part of the caliper is broken, and the rubber is partly torn.

by **ThatVietGuy** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:01 pm

He's just using that as an example...

If it were me, I'd just replace the damn thing

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