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Rebuilding caliper?

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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 05:49 PM
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Rebuilding caliper?

I think I can get away with replacing just the seals since the calipers worked well before, but after cleaning them with varsol the seals swelled up and when painting I noticed a little rust developed around the pistons. I read somewhere that mustang seals worked, can anybody confirm and what year/model I should use?

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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 06:05 PM
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varsol and "rubber" dont work
honestly , your better off buying them already rebuilt .. there only like 40 bucks each


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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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Thanks corey, that is an option but it would be a waste to me since the calipers were pretty much new when I bought the truck last year (acording to the previous owner), it's been completely appart since about that time too so I think if I replace the seals and remove the pistons and polish them a bit they would be like new, I just did the mistake of cleaning them with varsol since I wanted to paint them...lesson learned!
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