April 4, 201313 yr Not that I know of. The piston seal is fairly easy. Tricky part is when the e-brake lever sticks. Are you thinking about making the writeup... or just want to see one?
April 5, 201313 yr Author I ended up re sealing the hydraulic side , the piston had rust on one end preventing it from fully collapsing , I caught hell putting back the lever side, best advise ..if it moves and the boot isn't torn DON'T TAKE APART THE E BRAKE SIDE . I took some pics so maybe ill do another one and write down the steps . is wasn't that hard to do , i figured a good way to put the ebrake side together. Edited April 5, 201313 yr by ivantruckman
April 6, 201312 yr I did one front caliper for one of the BRATs. Vowed to never do another one....... Been buying loaded calipers ever since then. A decent bench vice would probably made the job easier, but doing the E-brake side was a real pain.
April 6, 201312 yr I did one front caliper for one of the BRATs. Vowed to never do another one....... Been buying loaded calipers ever since then. A decent bench vice would probably made the job easier, but doing the E-brake side was a real pain. Good to know! Doing brakes on my '85 Brat now. Just got my new rotors, waiting for weather to clear.....
April 7, 201312 yr I ended up re sealing the hydraulic side , the piston had rust on one end preventing it from fully collapsing , I caught hell putting back the lever side, best advise ..if it moves and the boot isn't torn DON'T TAKE APART THE E BRAKE SIDE . I took some pics so maybe ill do another one and write down the steps . is wasn't that hard to do , i figured a good way to put the ebrake side together. The front e-Brake system becomes a Nightmare when is Old & Rusty ... I completely got Rid of that, as you can Read & See ~► Here from post Nº 61, then I Retrofitted a Reliable & Simple Rear e-Brake system on my "BumbleBeast" as you can see & Read ~► Here. Kind Regards.
April 8, 201312 yr ivantruckman... I'd be interested in hearing/seeing the easy way to repair the e-brake side. I have not rebuilt my calipers... but I'm sure that time is coming. Thanks for the heads up.
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