Not only did you make it look beautiful but your work ensures the pads slide freely and are not stopped by rust causing dangerous sticky calipers. Very well done!!
There is something about taking old automotive parts, stripping them down, media blasting them, painting them and make them look and function like new again. It just never gets old. Thumbs Up Martin!
WOW & WOW AGAIN!! What magnificent job this guy made on restoring these used brake components back to a "brand NEW state!! He so obviously took the time & the effort & of course the standard of his workmanship is totally reflected in the end state of his quality restoration!! I did miss the verbal dialogue unfortunately as we learn more by not only what the eyes can see but also what the ears can hear & thus it's that combination of seeing & hearing that enables us to aspire to so many things!! I never went through school whereby the teachers never spoke & only showed us pictures, drawings etc, etc. Whilst one can learn from this type of tuition but its not quite complete as we need both the visual & the audio aspect & especially on a restoration job such as what we have just viewed. Hence the very reason we have both eyes & ears!! I'm not however going to detract from this guys sheer & awesome efforts & duly reiterate again, a magnificent job & you can indeed be well pleased with the results of your superb workmanship!! You just simply blew me away!!
Wow...you have the most immaculate and clean old brake fluid that I have ever seen! Usually it is colored anywhere from tea to cola or coffee. But your's? Kudos to the person who cleans the inside of your brake lines. They do a fantastic job.
If you leave the banjo bolt, piston, and piston seal in, and leave the bleed screw tight, you can blast the whole unit and not worry about having to stuff things in holes or tape if off, Just my 02 cents!! Great job though none-the-less.
That is a great job, Martin. Around here in the states, I usually just install remanufactured calipers. When I try to undo the bleeder screws on them old ones, they almost always break off. They throw so much salt and stuff down on the roads in the winter time everything gets rusted out. Even trying to replace a brake hose is kind of a big job. I went to Community College and I had a job at an import shop, Volkswagens and Subarus, and I was taught to use never seize where the threads are and where the pads slide on the caliper mount. Never had any trouble.
Top job Martin very therapeutic watching the transformation of the caliper from the start to the installation back on the signum keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍👍
Была совершена одна большая ошибка. Никогда нельзя смазывать внутри резинки направляющих,и сами направляющие. Именно резинки не гармошки. Они должны быть чистые и сухие, и направляющие так же.🫵🤔
Really nice Martin. I've received my p/coating kit and a load of colours. Just need to get it all set up, thanks for your discount code pretty much a free colour.
Doing this level of restore wouldn't earn most shops any money. They do your brakes in minutes and you'll be lucky to get a wipe down of the calliper... Brakes are not rocket science, I think I lean towards doing them myself as that bit of extra attention means they'll last so much longer on the car.
Great video martin check out red rubber grease its rated for use around rubber seals and brake fluid wont affect it ... loving how tidy them brakes look now
yes silicone paste/grease or red rubber grease for rubber contact parts and ceramic lubricant for anything else on brakes, that pretty much industry standard .
@@tadeuszcyrulinski5070 red rubber grease (RRG) that specially design for hydraulics and use in brakes is only rated at 160degC, most silicone is 180 to 200degC It quite simply doesn't get that hot and if was the rubber parts you use this on be burning . Industry standard on hydraulics is RRG or silicone grease, silicone seems more common these days and you see it in use in everything from aviation hydraulic/pneumatics to most brake build kits . The grease you may use behind piston to pad and pad clip hardware will see higher temps and this ideally wants be ceramic type paste . Granville, carlube, apec, permatex do range products for brakes easily found and fairly cheap .
Just paid almost two months rent on entire system and they're still working on it. Taking a torch to get the calipers off? Car is from Michigan but now in Georgia. So the salt and deicing junk from Michigan made this type of restoration impossible? Couldn't sleep from it all and came across this. Beautiful.
Why use a copper -based lubricant on the pad ears? Would a ceramic silicone mixture at that spot work as well? The ceramic-silicone product claims protection well past 1,000F.
Hi Martin, Beter use ATE plastilub on the rubber parts and ceramic grease on the metal parts so you won,t disturb the antilocksystem (abs) Greetings from Holland.
Very nicely done. ;o| Oddly enough, the first brakes I ever took apart were on a Vauxhall - my Dad's HB Viva 1600 Slant Four, quite a beast. 1974, I was eight at the time. It went up mountains in North Wales like nothing. Mind you, when pushed it only had slightly better mpg than the flare at Stanlow... #o.
@@bizarreandbrilliant I get that. Buy some parts include some grease. I use my own or an appropriate one. Silicone grease in the other places is fine. Even brake fluid as a lube for the seals would be fine
@@bizarreandbrilliant to have material to make video. It's just the rust is so even, never saw caliper, bracket that rusted. But I saw steel cleaned from zinc and sprayed with salty water couple times with exact same condition. Overall it's nice to watch you video. Satisfying.
Not only did you make it look beautiful but your work ensures the pads slide freely and are not stopped by rust causing dangerous sticky calipers. Very well done!!
There is something about taking old automotive parts, stripping them down, media blasting them, painting them and make them look and function like new again. It just never gets old. Thumbs Up Martin!
Powder coating is just great. makes everything look brand new again. great job.
WOW & WOW AGAIN!! What magnificent job this guy made on restoring these used brake components back to a "brand NEW state!! He so obviously took the time & the effort & of course the standard of his workmanship is totally reflected in the end state of his quality restoration!! I did miss the verbal dialogue unfortunately as we learn more by not only what the eyes can see but also what the ears can hear & thus it's that combination of seeing & hearing that enables us to aspire to so many things!! I never went through school whereby the teachers never spoke & only showed us pictures, drawings etc, etc. Whilst one can learn from this type of tuition but its not quite complete as we need both the visual & the audio aspect & especially on a restoration job such as what we have just viewed. Hence the very reason we have both eyes & ears!! I'm not however going to detract from this guys sheer & awesome efforts & duly reiterate again, a magnificent job & you can indeed be well pleased with the results of your superb workmanship!! You just simply blew me away!!
Wow...you have the most immaculate and clean old brake fluid that I have ever seen! Usually it is colored anywhere from tea to cola or coffee. But your's? Kudos to the person who cleans the inside of your brake lines. They do a fantastic job.
Now that’s a perfect break job my friends
If you leave the banjo bolt, piston, and piston seal in, and leave the bleed screw tight, you can blast the whole unit and not worry about having to stuff things in holes or tape if off, Just my 02 cents!! Great job though none-the-less.
Thanks for showing the installation.
That is a great job, Martin. Around here in the states, I usually just install remanufactured calipers. When I try to undo the bleeder screws on them old ones, they almost always break off. They throw so much salt and stuff down on the roads in the winter time everything gets rusted out. Even trying to replace a brake hose is kind of a big job. I went to Community College and I had a job at an import shop, Volkswagens and Subarus, and I was taught to use never seize where the threads are and where the pads slide on the caliper mount. Never had any trouble.
Yes, I got lucky with these ones
This was so satisfying to watch, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The right way to put loctite on screws......thumbs up!
Good looking calipers. And the best is, they are not red :-)
Top job Martin, my four calipers on the way to you to restore lol ,brilliant as usual
Gonna do this on my Transit Connect callipers when it gets warmer, gets a thumbs up from me Martin.
fantastic job as usual martin, that powder kit and the oven was money well spent,all the best.................dougie
Yes Doug, I'm glad I got into it
Really good job, man.!!!! nice work.
Top job Martin very therapeutic watching the transformation of the caliper from the start to the installation back on the signum keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍👍
Была совершена одна большая ошибка. Никогда нельзя смазывать внутри резинки направляющих,и сами направляющие. Именно резинки не гармошки. Они должны быть чистые и сухие, и направляющие так же.🫵🤔
Really nice Martin.
I've received my p/coating kit and a load of colours. Just need to get it all set up, thanks for your discount code pretty much a free colour.
Nice one Hughie good luck bud
The music in this video is nice.And then in the old videos, the music reminded me of a funeral March.😉
I think it's from this movie. Sounds similar th-cam.com/video/aL4jssSI6h8/w-d-xo.html
Great job Martin like NEW.
All I can say is to bad brake shops don't take that much care in doing brakes.
Keep up the great vid's.
The good ones don't either, not by a long way.
Doing this level of restore wouldn't earn most shops any money. They do your brakes in minutes and you'll be lucky to get a wipe down of the calliper... Brakes are not rocket science, I think I lean towards doing them myself as that bit of extra attention means they'll last so much longer on the car.
Martin absolutely fantastic job. you made them brake calipers look like brand new ones great job Martin 🚗👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks Kev
Great video martin check out red rubber grease its rated for use around rubber seals and brake fluid wont affect it ... loving how tidy them brakes look now
Good job Martin . That copper slip saved the day again . Oh and Mick sort your
tool box out.
Mükemmel bir restorasyon oldu, tebrikler dostum. Türkiye' de olsaydı, o parçayı çöpe atarlar, yenisini kullanırlardı. Güzel bir kazanç başardın.
Great video Martin the finish is awesome
Great video Martin. Another great demo on how to restore your calipers to like new !
Cheers, Jeff.
Top job Martin as always mate
10:15 well done, you've now contaminated your brake fluid with grease.
You're on a different level my man great video
Extremely well done thank you very much just what I was looking for.
Great job Martin very informative gets the thumbs up from me 👍
Nice video what kind of grease is ok to use the one you use is out of stock
Looks superb Martin 👍🏼
apart from the silicone grease which i don't know if is dot 3-4(+) break fluid compatible i think this is a good walkthorugh
Fantastic Martin you have to love that powder coating keep up the hard work mate big thumbs up from me
Came out nice mate.. better then new
Hard wearing too the powdercoat Mick
@@bizarreandbrilliant yeah mate
so pelo serviço lindo e completo ganhou mais um inscrito parabens
Parabéns pelo alto nível de profissionalismo! Você faz jus a profissão!
Nicely done, sir.
Thanks bud
Nice job Martin :)
Nice resto!!
Nice job there Martin
Cheers bud
Always enjoy your videos Martin thank you for sharing I am from South Africa how sad is that
Very nice looking job there.
That was amazing job that you have done for that. Caliper it looks like you've just got it out of a box. Well done, Martin
Another excellent outcome. Did tango man strip it all down and papa Smurf rebuild calliper 😂 keep the videos coming Martin
Cheers Jason haha, I see what you mean lol
Amazing restoration Done 👍
Thumbs up 👍
👏 👏
Nice job Martin...👍
Nice one Martin. I really love that powder coating. Always good results. Take care you two
No way I can do that... I'll buy new ones. Thanks for the video!
great work! thunmbs up!
Отличная работа приятель👍
Hi, i'm wondering, if i wanted to correct the imperfections on the caliper surface, can you powder coat over bondo?
Good vid just like odd tinkering . Good job
Hi Retro Hax 👋👋👋 awesome restoration brake caliper 👍👍👍💣👌🏽
Another cracking vid Martin,keep them coming
Can you sand blast the caliper with leaving the piston and rubber boot still in the caliper ??
Is the oven-dry stage necessary? In the old days, it might have been, but modern paints do well without a baking process.
All modern paints are oven cured. My son is a professional car sprayer.
Good job Martin 👏🏼
Normal silicone grease? On brakes? In those temperatures?
yes silicone paste/grease or red rubber grease for rubber contact parts and ceramic lubricant for anything else on brakes, that pretty much industry standard .
They come with silicone grease.
@@bizarreandbrilliant Afaik, i'ts high temperature resistant grease, that comes with them. Special, dedicated stuff.
@@tadeuszcyrulinski5070 red rubber grease (RRG) that specially design for hydraulics and use in brakes is only rated at 160degC, most silicone is 180 to 200degC
It quite simply doesn't get that hot and if was the rubber parts you use this on be burning .
Industry standard on hydraulics is RRG or silicone grease, silicone seems more common these days and you see it in use in everything from aviation hydraulic/pneumatics to most brake build kits .
The grease you may use behind piston to pad and pad clip hardware will see higher temps and this ideally wants be ceramic type paste .
Granville, carlube, apec, permatex do range products for brakes easily found and fairly cheap .
Another top job from the TH-cam legend 👍
Haha Jason, not yet lol
Another great job pal👍👍👌
Cheers bud
Great video, Martin. Original parts work best.
Very nice work
Ready for the MOT
Great job !
Just paid almost two months rent on entire system and they're still working on it. Taking a torch to get the calipers off? Car is from Michigan but now in Georgia. So the salt and deicing junk from Michigan made this type of restoration impossible?
Couldn't sleep from it all and came across this. Beautiful.
Nice job
Great video Martin. Why not go with a color instead of black? Just curious.
Kevin Williams it’s for his personal car which isn’t the kind of car for colourful callipers
Because it adds nothing and I'm not a boy racer lol
Yes Martin. Silly me it’s not a Porsche is it?
I would of had a silly colour just because you can 😂😂
Cracking restore, top job
Excellent !!
Hi Martin, sand blastings my favorite part,very stimulating,thank you
Bit much doin it on your kitchen top mate bloody hell 😉
🤭
Why use a copper -based lubricant on the pad ears? Would a ceramic silicone mixture at that spot work as well? The ceramic-silicone product claims protection well past 1,000F.
I've used copperslip (along with thousands of others) for over 45 years with no reason to change.
Great stuff as always Martin. You don't get that service at Quick Fit.
ottimo lavoro
Brake line from caliper to strut looked pretty short... end up having issues with that?
Its the right part.
Well done sir! 😁
I thought I was the only one who put threadlocker on like that haha
bienvenue, bon travail
Hi Martin,
Beter use ATE plastilub on the rubber parts and ceramic grease on the metal parts so you won,t disturb the antilocksystem (abs)
Greetings from Holland.
How much horsepower did that add?
Why not using those rubber stops during the sandblasting?
Why?
RetroHax prevent damage to the threaded or holes with a smooth surface.
good jobb mate 👨🔧
Thought you'd put a new disc on or are you waiting till you've done off side caliper.
This is a new disc put on a month ago
powder coating is far superior to paint, can you do me a bodyshell Martin, lol, best wishes.
Very nicely done. ;o|
Oddly enough, the first brakes I ever took apart were on a Vauxhall - my Dad's HB Viva 1600 Slant Four, quite a beast. 1974, I was eight at the time.
It went up mountains in North Wales like nothing. Mind you, when pushed it only had slightly better mpg than the flare at Stanlow... #o.
Cracking job, how much for a full service and MOT?
I'd have used rubber grease for the piston seals and piston.
They come with silicone grease in the kit.
@@bizarreandbrilliant I get that. Buy some parts include some grease. I use my own or an appropriate one. Silicone grease in the other places is fine. Even brake fluid as a lube for the seals would be fine
Your doing a few jobs on that signam I reckon be up for sale soon 😆😅😂👍
I wouldn't do all this work to sell it.
Great job and tips Martin. As I mentioned before I have my son's to do in the Spring, so this video has proved very useful.
Great.
This is car and Opel astra G ?
A Vauxhall Signum
Bom trabalho!!🖒
Did you spray it with salty water to get it rusted?
Why would I do that?
@@bizarreandbrilliant to have material to make video. It's just the rust is so even, never saw caliper, bracket that rusted. But I saw steel cleaned from zinc and sprayed with salty water couple times with exact same condition.
Overall it's nice to watch you video. Satisfying.
No bud, as I noted in the video, I sandblasted the caliper bracket a month ago but decided to refurbish the entire caliper including that bracket
Hi Martin, did you use a new rubber seal kit? Nice job👍
Yes all new
Ah I don't have a shot blast... Guess it's more sandpaper for me then!!
Is that the same as a zafira b calliper Martin ? ..... great video mate 👍
Maybe, it's a Vauxhall
It was when I seen the clip on the calliper it looked the same , cheers 👍
Great job done Martin, copper grease is a anti seize compound, neve ue it as a lubricant.