glover

over the winter when i am restoring my 2wd cossie a am wanting to take the calipers aoo all 4 and get the blasted i want to re seal them and maybe gat made or buy s/s pistons as the car will be sitting all winter i wi; be driving it only ion the summer time. where can i but the seal kits and can i buy new s/s pistons off the shelf...

cheers neill

tabetha

Biggred.co.uk do all this stuff, also on ebay.
Be warned if the pistons are jammed, they seriously can be hard or impossible to get out, sometimes it leads to destruction of the piston, which doesn't matter in your case.
When I bought new(recon) calipers locally(2wd) they were about £50 each.
I used to use SS pistons, but SS is a very poor conductor of heat, so doesn't conduct heat so readily from pad into caliper, so they will fade easier, after that all mine were alloy, and that is what biggred supply.
tabetha

glover

cheers tab the car has been lying up for 3 years outside and only the ps rear was binding so stripped the pads and gave it a bit of a clean so i can push it round the workshop rather than driving as it seems to oil the plugs easley. i will check there website now i just want to do everything now when i have the car stripped.

cheers neill

DAN400

iTrader: (3)

outside for 3 years,you ll prob be very busy this winter,where in co antrim you from ??

glover

the car is not to bad dan i just have to do what a few of the lads had to do this years to cars they had been driving lol. i am from carrickfergus where you from yourself?

cheers neill

DAN400

iTrader: (3)

from aghadowey neill,near coleraine

glover

i know it well dan many a time i was round the track when i was at the rallying lol

tabetha

You could think about upgrading if needing to spend money, ie FRS 325mm front discs with cossie calipers, using a bracket from Reyland, and 4wd rear discs(vented) ?
tabetha