Caliper rebuild kit?

[Evil Minion]

For a base '15 GT. Called up the dealer and they said Ford does not offer a rebuild kit for the base 4-pots, can only buy the whole caliper.

Advance Auto however does show a 4-pot rebuild kit for $9.99: Economy Black Disc Brake Caliper Repair Kit

For a bit of background, caliper will be taken apart for powder coating.

Anyone have any experience with the seal kits offered at Advance? Or know of a better place to pick up a quality kit? I don't want some cheap rubber that will start to crack and leak down the road.

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[Anthony@HTM]

I don't think those will work.

Since the car is so new if you are careful you can pull all the pieces out and reuse them.

I also would not split the calipers.

 

[Evil Minion]

I don't think those will work.

Since the car is so new if you are careful you can pull all the pieces out and reuse them.

I also would not split the calipers.

Why do you think it wouldn't work. Advance lists them as being for the '15 GT non-Brembo.

And I'm mainly going to buy them as backups in case something gets torn accidentally.

Not planning on splitting the caliper, just taking the pistons out for the powder coating.

 

[stealthfrc]

i just finished taking apart a set of front and rear calipers (brembos) the brembos are very easy to get apart, the rears however are a pain in the ass. if your doing the rears (think they are the same on all models) you do need to take them fully apart. there is a small o ring on the inside that would melt when being "baked"

 

[Anthony@HTM]

Why do you think it wouldn't work. Advance lists them as being for the '15 GT non-Brembo.

And I'm mainly going to buy them as backups in case something gets torn accidentally.

Not planning on splitting the caliper, just taking the pistons out for the powder coating.

I went through the website and these showed up as not being compatible. Just tried it again with no luck.

Keeping it together is a good idea.

 

[Evil Minion]

i just finished taking apart a set of front and rear calipers (brembos) the brembos are very easy to get apart, the rears however are a pain in the ass. if your doing the rears (think they are the same on all models) you do need to take them fully apart. there is a small o ring on the inside that would melt when being "baked"

Not planning on doing the rears. Never made any sense to me to paint an ugly looking sliding caliper any color but black.

Did you use a seal kit, or just reused the original seals? No issues with holding pressure?

I went through the website and these showed up as not being compatible. Just tried it again with no luck.

Keeping it together is a good idea.

And it definitely shows compatibility...

O'Reilly also lists the same kit, so fairly confident it should work.


I'm not splitting the caliper, just taking the pistons out and the rubber boots.

 

[stealthfrc]

Not planning on doing the rears. Never made any sense to me to paint an ugly looking sliding caliper any color but black.

Did you use a seal kit, or just reused the original seals? No issues with holding pressure?






And it definitely shows compatibility...

O'Reilly also lists the same kit, so fairly confident it should work.


I'm not splitting the caliper, just taking the pistons out and the rubber boots.

I just took them apart, haven't reassembled them but I was able to salvage the seals, the calipers are brand new. I ordered a full set so I coul have them done without any down time. To me I think a car would look goofy with just the fronts painted but that's just me.

 

[Evil Minion]

...To me I think a car would look goofy with just the fronts painted but that's just me.

That's the other thing I'm still debating. Decisions, decisions... lol

 

[Schu]

I mean its basically seals unless you happen to damage the pistons during removal... it wont be long before something is available.

 

[DickR]

i just finished taking apart a set of front and rear calipers (brembos) the brembos are very easy to get apart, the rears however are a pain in the ass. if your doing the rears (think they are the same on all models) you do need to take them fully apart. there is a small o ring on the inside that would melt when being "baked"

Was this on a 2015 Mustang? My understanding is that only the GT PP use Brembos this year and only on the front.

 

[stealthfrc]

Yes. The rears are just regular calipers which is what I was referring to. I also disassembled my brembo fronts, very easy to do

 

[RubyRed16]

I am considering getting my calipers powder coated as well. Why would you not split them? Are there not o-rings inside them?

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