Brake caliper rebuild
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- Front brake caliper overhaul rebuild Honda civic. I am overhauling a front brake caliper on a Honda civic. I use a foot-pump and modified tyre valve stem to make the job of overhauling the caliper easier. This method allowed me to insert the seal prior to the piston, and therefore be sure it was seated properly in its groove.
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There is no shortage of TH-cam videos that demonstrate how to rebuild a disk brake caliper. Most of them skip over the part that involves installing the dust boot because that would extend the video by a couple of hours and demonstrate just how little they actually understand about how to do this properly. Most of those videos contain one or more viewer comments that describe the technique of using low pressure shop air to help seat the boot. Rarely are those comments ever detailed enough to help someone visualize exactly how this is accomplished. This video however does an exceptional job of demonstrating this process and thus turning what would otherwise be a very difficult job in to one that just about anyone can do. This is a very well done video. Thank you very much for making and posting it.
It’s no wonder back street dealers hate you tube when you’ve got a guy like this showing you how easy it is.great stuff mate.
By far the best caliper refurb video on youtube...pure genius
On my BMW X5, We moved the piston out with the brake pedal before removing caliper, stopped it with a block of wood. THIS IS A GOOD VIDEO.
Man oh Man This is by Far the best Caliper rebuild video i have ever seen, i have just bought new calipers for my ford escape, wish i had seen this video before.
Just rebuilt an old subaru caliper using this as reference. The valve stem + footpump to get the dust boot over the piston was a particularly good tip!
I´m just a "youtube mechanic" and this repair was super easy following these instructions. Thanks!
dude the trick with the foot pump is genius! I've been screaming at my stupid caliper for an hour now struggling to get the bloody thing back together, thanks :)
This is the first video on this I found that shows a great way of getting the seal back right. Just put it in before the piston, then put the piston in and block it, and pump the seal back out with air, genius!
I did this job myself for the first time yesterday and I really struggled with that seal. Now I know what to do next time. Thanks! 🙂👍🏻
Fantastic! Blowing out the seal with compressed air is genius! Not even the Civic repair manual suggested this. All other instructions & videos I saw about getting the seal installed were hit & miss affairs, I will surely do it this way. I am in the process of rebuilding my Civic '95 front brakes & I will do it this way. Thanks for the genius trick.
this is exactly what i was looking for. google is so smart that it reads my mind & put it in front of me. excellent demo.
Excellent video, thank you. I like that you did it with very basic tools. At 67 and a lifetime of DIY on cars, I learned from your lesson.
Explanation and presentation is so clear well arranged. I as a layman do appreciate your effort.
wow man!!! now i can rebuilt my caliper!! you saved me a LOTS of money thanks so much!!!!
Wow, after trying a different method for 3 hours I found your video. I just finished my caliper paint and rebuild on my 06 S2000. Thank you so much!!!
IT WORKED. Your method for seating the piston boot(s). Tried 3 other ways that failed. Yours took less than 2 minutes.
Recap. Fit boot onto base of piston. With cylinder end of boot extending past piston. Leaves room to squeeze the boot. Grease the cylinder to accept the boot. ANGLE the Boot and piston in so most of the boot is in the cylinder grove. GENTLY work the rest of the boot into the grove with screwdriver. Went easy with all that grease and no piston to block the boot. THEN seat the piston into the cylinder. Press piston all the way in. Listen for the boot to drop into the piston grove. AWESOME. Thank you, Mitch
That's a crafty approach with the foot pump! Well done video and very helpful on doing the brakes. Considering myself fortunate to have found your guide.Thanks.
thanks for taking the time to do this. we are learning from your life experience. thanking jesus as well, for you!
Just wanted to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I managed to test my caliper using the technique your shown on the video, Highly appreciate your help on this.... :)
Great trick there with the pump blowing the dust boot over the piston. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for putting together and posting this video. It was nicely filmed and, as an engineer, I can say that your method was very well explained and technically sound/logical. I was fairly certain I could sort it out on my own but having your tips and techniques in mind allowed the job go far more quickly and easily (and without some potential pitfalls) that it likely would have otherwise. In short, it allowed me to rebuild the calipers for my wife's car and saved us several hundred dollars in new parts that were really quite unnecessary and I had fun doing it! Thanks again and I'd encourage your to post more videos like this one that so many folks can learn and benefit from.
Thank you! for such a positive and detailed comment.
+backstreetmechanic Copper is the pigmentation in hair.
Excellent demonstration with no distracting music or unnecessary commentary.
I ended up popping the piston out last night while changing brakes and wish I would have seen this last night. Going to try it out now! Thanks for the video!
Thank you for creating this video. It's very detailed, giving me exactly what i need to rebuild mine.
Top Video. Quality job. Thanks for saving us the research and trouble.
Great Video! Well done!!
I had answers for all I needed in one video! May God bless you!
Thank you very much!
Wonderful job! Thank you :-) I had no idea how to get the rubber boot back on until I saw this. Much easier just to remove the piston and follow your method.
Thanks! Nice to see a tutorial with basic tools and usefull tips to do this kind of a fiddly job. The valve trick is something I definitely want to give it a go.
Nice tricks i am 52 and learned something today.
excellent video ,and great skill in putting the dust boot and piston in to the bore. Thanks!!
Managed to do the overhaul today, worked like a charm! Specialized lubrication paste for hydraulic braking parts, helped a lot also.
Thanks for sharing. Brilliant advice on getting the boot onto the piston with compressed air. Worked like a charm.
Pumping out the cylinder sleeve is epic! I put the cylinder in the sleeve in a way that I can still put in the outer lip, but that way I can't make sure it fits perfectly as you did...nice
I just wanted to thank you sir for that dust boot trick you used, it saved me a lot of work, clean and fast, never thought of that. Thank you again, I'll keep an eye on you, for sure I will learn something new :)
Excellent! The two who left a thumbs down must have been a dealer service who didn't make an easy buck!!!
Just used your air pressure method using a bike hand pump. Worked like a charm after struggling with the other methods.
Nice idea with the foot pump swelling the seal...I love it.
i know how to rebuild them but i learned something new today that makes the job easier thank you keep on trucking....
Like your idea of using a tyre valve. Genius.
ive seen many tricks on how to install the rubber..well you got the most easy and the better work sir,tq very much
Hi, I'm doing caliper rebuild, ant search your video. Finally I successfully did it your style inserting caliper rubber boot by pumping it..much easier and safe time :) Thanks again for sharing
Thank you! I'm doing this on my boat trailer today. This was perfect!
How you used air to put the boot onto the piston was like an epiphany to me. Thanks so much.
Your videos about the brake overhaul are really helpful! Nice tricks & perfect vids, keep up the good work! Greetings from Hungary!
My Hero!!!!
Thanks a million , You have made my day.
Excellent!!
Whizzkass
Thank you x1000. I was ready to smash a window trying to fit the dust seal into place but then I tried your method of blowing the dust boot out. Used an air compressor instead. Trying to squeeze the dust seal in the caliper groove with a screwdriver is tighter than a nun! This job is almost impossible without an air compressor (or pressure system) of some sort. Liked and subbed!!
Thank you sir!
Don't listen to the no smile comments. It's who you are--and no one will mess with you as it's intimidating.
I pushed the piston out directly with a 10 mm dia. wood dowel thinking I was short-circuiting the need for compressed air and the jerry-rigged valve. Imagine my chagrin when I saw the compressed air used again for advancing the seal/boot! Now I'm thinking of replacing the caliper altogether as I've not yet purchased the rebuild kit.
On my first attempt the seal split when pushing it out with the air. I don't know why. I had two and on the second go everything was perfect. Thank you for making this easy.
Thanks v much for the great tips. And all with such simple and economic tools...and no BS! Am about to try a 4 piston Landcruiser rebuild. Greetings from SW Australia!
Very Nice...especially the piston re-install steps..pretty slick. Thanks...
Very well done video, thanks for taking the time to film it and upload it! Cheers
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I found it very helpful. Cheers.
Appreciate the vid. Ur valve stem trick saved 3 of my caliper pistons!..Sadly i didnt search for this until after sacrificing my first one
Tak toto je parádny tutoriál, perfektné!!! Thanks
These are the precious secrets you cannot find in a book...The foot pump,the tyre valve,boot in first..Wonderful wonderful stuff! Dying to try it all out...Anybody with a seized caliper piston ??
ToneDeafecation One of the best maintenance vid's I've ever seen. Hats off to this guy!
Brilliant video!! Really good demo and full of great tips. Thank you so much, please keep up you good work, awesome.
great video, i am doing my isuzu trooper calipers, and watching all the tips has been a great help. thank you
Thanks for the vid brother you saved my ass today putting the pistons back in the caliper because I was lost!
Thanks for the video, it's nice work, great tips for inserting de seal using the hand pump.
I like your technique putting the rubber boots first then piston with a pressure. I have a trouble putting it. I use to use other technique by putting the rubber boot to piston then fit in the caliper. Sometimes lucky takes a few minutes.. sometimes takes an hour :)
Thanks for the nice tips and please make a smile to a camera (scaring me Lol)
He IS smiling!!You should see him when he's annoyed!!
uknow an easy tip on refitting the seal is.. where the seal is the most difficult to reach around to seal onto caliper, simply rotate the seal so the unsealed area is visible & then seal it up
ie rotate the seal say 45-90 degrees & the unsealed area will be visible & easy to work with.
Great technique using the valve stem. I will be using it now. Thanks!!
For those that may question why rebuild? In my case a caliper rebuild kit without piston
(my piston is not pitted ok to use) is $4.99. A Wearever Remanufactured Friction Choice Brake Calipers are between $65.99 --$73.99. And you still have to remove & replace it. Also if you are driving that particular vehicle to parts store you have to lay out an additional ( but refundable ) core charge of $75.00 and go back for the refund.
@JOEZEP54. The greatest technique is using the brake pedal to pump the piston out. Works on every one of them.
You are the Man! Thanks Brother not to many good detail videos out there..
Great job, many thanks for the tutorial. Renzo Italy.
You did a great job. Thank you for making this Video.
I have been struggling with similar brake seal. This tyre pump trick is brilliant .. I’ll try this tomorrow ... thanks for a great And helpful vid.
I like the shredder valve idea
probably going to be using this when I get around to doing mine. Thanks for the vid mate
This was great: easy to follow and to understand. I’ll be using your help on a Honda Stepwagon (similar calipers) this coming weekend.
Great video, I was stuck at the part ref, getting the rubber boot on, but your foot pump tip is a great idea.
great video mate you have some great little tricks that i wouldnt have thought of simple tricks but great ones thanks
Thanks, my friend, your tutorial helped me a lot.
I'm doing this right now and its a pain, thanks for the tip. I was on the way quitting... the f*cking rubber wont move. Great info, many thanks man!
thanks backstreet mr. mechanic. leaving that rust in the groove is a job wrecker - darn motorcycle dealers i think dont even bother stocking the repair parts, they just add up new calipers. a crying shame. well done hombre.
Mate.....thank a bunch for this video. Beautifully done.
Thanks for the simple but useful information !!!
If you have a sand blasting booth you can add to this job a rust removal and a paint job on the callipers, then you get virtually NEW callipers, did this on my land cruiser and they work great!
Excellent video! Really helpful! Thank you 👍
Excellent work and illustrated
clever process, excellent outcome. Thanks!
Nice one mate,,, Good video,,
Just struggled for 2 hours trying to get an x trail seal to seat,,,,, wish I'd found your video first it would have made the job much easier..
Excellent video.
Car on stands doing the same job... excellent tutorials. many thanks.😉
Thanks for this. I need to do 2 calipers on my Subaru Outback and I think you have just made my life a lot easier. Lived in Dublin for a few years as well. Lovely city, great folks.
Excellent thanks for your detailed instructions!
Sir that was a fantastic valve idea and job , thank you for the informative video..
Excellent video. Thank you so much for doing this.
thank you for the tip never would have thought to use a valve stem. i didnt know this was how to get the rubber boot back together i got to this point and was puzzled everything was already apart...lol
I gain 1 more knowledge thanks😃
Thank you sir for sharing great ideas with us.
Beautifully done.
Great video, most helpful. Thanks!
Amigo Buen trabajo buen vídeo el mejor que he visto sobre el caliper gracias por ponerlo en youtube Saludos.
best explaned video ever many thanks for taking the time to do it
Thank you for this video, it was very helpful!
Excellent work, thank you very much.
Fantastic video. The H*ynes Manual for the Jazz describes calipers that are completely different to what's fitted and hence no good for working out what to do. (Your Civic is the same as the Jazz)
I wasn't sure how much to push the new piston in before doing the foot pump trick, over did it and split the seal so beware! Luckily the old seal was OK and I held the piston in place using one hand against the seal whilst pumping with the other and the technique worked like a dream.
Thanks for saving me a lot of time and effort!
fantastic video - and even better because it's irish. Dublin born myself - but fixing my accord in America. GRMA!
Thank U very much I like your creative work especially the hand air pump
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Thanks for the insights. Loved the walk through.
WOW. When the video started I thought Bruce Willis will be fixing calipers :)
thanks for sharing your tricks , that last seal always make me swear.
Nice presentation, however, I find the alternative way to push the piston in order to replace the new seal kit and so on. Leave the caliper on the car by using wire to hold it, then put the strong plastic bag to hold caliper or using a rug under caliper to catch brake fluid. Then you can slowly push the brake padel and watch the piston come out slow and stop brake padel. For these people who don't have special tools, this way is easy to see piston come out. When you push the brake panel, you have to be patience. After installing the rebuild caliper, you have to bleed brakes.
Excellent video and very instructional.