Thanks for the video, I appreciate how you show the way the fluid seal slides over the piston. I thought mine was too loose, but it must squeeze up once it’s installed in the caliper to make a better seal.
Nice to see a Real video from a real guy working on his car. So many videos out there are like TV shows that nothing ever goes wrong. Glad that you can laugh at yourself, Cause I do it all the time when I'm working lol
Thanks. As tempting as it can be to edit things in a way that makes it look like I know everything, I feel like that would just give people an unrealistic view of what automotive DIY really is. It's nice to know that the realism is appreciated. Sometimes things just put up a fight. But being able to laugh about it like you said can definitely make the fight a little bit easier! 😂
Your meeting and overcoming obstacles is as important to your viewers as anything else, because there is one thing certain to DIY repairs-- it seldom goes exactly as planned. Even professionals allow for operator error and the unexpected. * One suggestion-- when you disconnected the brake hose to allow caliper work on your bench, the disconnection procedure was not shown, but may have been uncharted territory for many. For example, show where to pinch the brake hose, before disconnection. And remind viewers (again) to watch the level of brake fluid during the actual procedure, to make sure no air enters the system.
Good video from a DIYer, loved the humor and very informative! Doing rear brakes and wheel bearing on a 2000 Trans Am tomorrow...seems things never go as planned but that is life when you work on these cars
Thank sooo much for this Video... i was searching many hours for a solution for my caliper i want to rebuild & had no idea wthats wrong... and now i found yours...!!! Full sucsess...and: You are so fine to tell all the trouble you had with this... great. Greetings from a car guy from germany, who give mid90th US car a new live.
good video convinced me to rebuild rather than replace. and your sense of humor is fantastic. Very high selling point for me hope it works on 79 Buick Regal. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for the video. I have a 2008 Grand Prix GXP. I decided to rebuild the calipers. They have the same design as your calipers. For the life of me I can’t get the first rubber seal out. Now that I saw what you did I think I should be able to get it out. Thanks
Thank you, subbed! Am restoring a '78 Firebird. Shipping calipers overseas is very costly and you don't get the benefit of core recharge either. Rebuilding the calipers is far more viable. Thanks for the helpful walkthrough.
Hey brother, I’m working on a ‘77 Trans Am! You can buy “brand new (remanufactured) calipers fairly cheap from an auto parts store here in the U.S., almost for the same price of buying the rebuild kit and hardware. However, since the vehicle was my late father’s I’m trying to keep everything as “original” and rebuild anything I can rather than just replacing parts. A lot of these generic parts you buy are not reliable and I can say this from experience as I used to work at one of the top 3 parts stores here and would have to warranty things left and right. I’d rather have the original sturdier parts and take the time to rebuild them rather than just go with a lesser quality part that will fail in a couple of years.
all-right, I just started the video and you said 1995 GM, not sure if you said one like mine ( I have, a grand prix se) as long as it's a W platform/body well, back to the video because I have coming 2 rear rebuild kit's out of chicago & the front 2 from out east , The auto parts store had me pay the shipping first before they would order the front kits . Nobody else would even say they could get any.
oh, it was a firebird, I think you said , still Replacing the o-ring and seal must be simular o-rileys said they could't get the piston at least with the seal kit I never asked for seperate.
I had a lot of trouble removing that seal. A lot of videos showed a metal ring holding the rubber seal in place. I was looking for that. I tried and tried using a pick to find where to remove that metal ring. I finally got a tiny eyeglass flat screwdriver and was able to get between the piston and the built-in metal ring and pull out the seal which I had torn all to pieces trying to get out. I had no idea that the metal ring was built-into the seal on my truck.
I did it with the caliper off the car, so with the hose being disconnected there was no need open the bleeder. If I was doing it with the hose still connected to the car though, I'd definitely open the bleeder so the pressure has some where to go as the piston is inserted.
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Thanks for the video, I appreciate how you show the way the fluid seal slides over the piston. I thought mine was too loose, but it must squeeze up once it’s installed in the caliper to make a better seal.
Nice to see a Real video from a real guy working on his car. So many videos out there are like TV shows that nothing ever goes wrong. Glad that you can laugh at yourself, Cause I do it all the time when I'm working lol
Thanks. As tempting as it can be to edit things in a way that makes it look like I know everything, I feel like that would just give people an unrealistic view of what automotive DIY really is. It's nice to know that the realism is appreciated. Sometimes things just put up a fight. But being able to laugh about it like you said can definitely make the fight a little bit easier! 😂
Your meeting and overcoming obstacles is as important to your viewers as anything else, because there is one thing certain to DIY repairs-- it seldom goes exactly as planned. Even professionals allow for operator error and the unexpected.
* One suggestion-- when you disconnected the brake hose to allow caliper work on your bench, the disconnection procedure was not shown, but may have been uncharted territory for many. For example, show where to pinch the brake hose, before disconnection. And remind viewers (again) to watch the level of brake fluid during the actual procedure, to make sure no air enters the system.
Good video from a DIYer, loved the humor and very informative! Doing rear brakes and wheel bearing on a 2000 Trans Am tomorrow...seems things never go as planned but that is life when you work on these cars
Thank you! 😁👍
Thank sooo much for this Video... i was searching many hours for a solution for my caliper i want to rebuild & had no idea wthats wrong... and now i found yours...!!! Full sucsess...and: You are so fine to tell all the trouble you had with this... great. Greetings from a car guy from germany, who give mid90th US car a new live.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad I could help! 😁👍
good video convinced me to rebuild rather than replace. and your sense of humor is fantastic. Very high selling point for me hope it works on 79 Buick Regal. Keep up the good work.
Thank you 😁👍
I like whoosh effects when you throw stuff away.
Thank you for the video. I have a 2008 Grand Prix GXP. I decided to rebuild the calipers. They have the same design as your calipers. For the life of me I can’t get the first rubber seal out. Now that I saw what you did I think I should be able to get it out. Thanks
Thank you, subbed!
Am restoring a '78 Firebird. Shipping calipers overseas is very costly and you don't get the benefit of core recharge either. Rebuilding the calipers is far more viable. Thanks for the helpful walkthrough.
Hey brother, I’m working on a ‘77 Trans Am! You can buy “brand new (remanufactured) calipers fairly cheap from an auto parts store here in the U.S., almost for the same price of buying the rebuild kit and hardware. However, since the vehicle was my late father’s I’m trying to keep everything as “original” and rebuild anything I can rather than just replacing parts. A lot of these generic parts you buy are not reliable and I can say this from experience as I used to work at one of the top 3 parts stores here and would have to warranty things left and right.
I’d rather have the original sturdier parts and take the time to rebuild them rather than just go with a lesser quality part that will fail in a couple of years.
Yeah. The seal I eventually found out to just ripped it out by hand.
Lol next time I'm just buying calipers. But was interesting rebuilding my own for once.
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Great Video, very informative. Not going to lie, I jumped too. 😂😂
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The retaining ring is a pain in the ass. Will have to have a new one to assemble once new dust cover is installed
all-right, I just started the video and you said 1995 GM, not sure if you said
one like mine ( I have, a grand prix se) as long as it's a W platform/body
well, back to the video because I have coming 2 rear rebuild kit's out of chicago
& the front 2 from out east , The auto parts store had me pay the shipping
first before they would order the front kits . Nobody else would even say
they could get any.
oh, it was a firebird, I think you said , still Replacing the o-ring and seal must be simular
o-rileys said they could't get the piston at least with the seal kit I never asked for seperate.
I'm sorry for not answering sooner, but I think the process should be pretty similar if not the same.
I had a lot of trouble removing that seal. A lot of videos showed a metal ring holding the rubber seal in place. I was looking for that. I tried and tried using a pick to find where to remove that metal ring. I finally got a tiny eyeglass flat screwdriver and was able to get between the piston and the built-in metal ring and pull out the seal which I had torn all to pieces trying to get out. I had no idea that the metal ring was built-into the seal on my truck.
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Did u open the bleeder to put the new piston in?
I did it with the caliper off the car, so with the hose being disconnected there was no need open the bleeder. If I was doing it with the hose still connected to the car though, I'd definitely open the bleeder so the pressure has some where to go as the piston is inserted.
Where did you get the new piston ad seals from?
I was able to find the piston on Amazon and picked up the seals at O'Reily. Rock Auto also carries the piston and seals.
Whaat , no cylinder honing? Different colored gloves? What kind of outfit is this? LoL