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Wilwood disc brake rebuild?

Hi, folks.

The maintenance just never stops, does it? Now that I have all the suspension bushings replaced I want to rebuild the Wilwood disc brake calipers. Has anyone ever done this sort of thing?

I am just curious about problem issues to expect, how difficult it was to accomplish, that sort of thing.

I was aghast when I pulled the top off the master cylinder and found both reservoirs to be dry, have been noticing some diminishment in braking for some time now, I guess I figured out why.

I will bleed the brakes....no problems with that, although I recently saw something that confused me. When I bleed brakes, I always start with the one most distant from the master cylinder, then the next most distant, then the next most distant, and finally the one closest. That always means RR, then LR, then RF, and finally LF. Does everyone else follow this sequence, or was there a memo from Mechanics Central that I did not get?

Thanks in advance for whatever advice you can provide!

Cheers!

Dugly :cool:

Dugly ... don`t know about the Wilwood calipers , but the Sierras on mine are pretty simple .... and yours should be basically the same . My "O" rings are actually square . To get them out , take the calipers off and use compressed air in the inlet port and one or more will pop out . Put a small piece off wood inside the caliper to keep the pistons from going all over the place . My guess is that Willwood has much the same setup and disassembly will be similar .
As far as bleeding sequence , ERA uses the same sequence . You want to bleed the longest lines first and then go to the shorter ones . If your calipers have bleeders on the inside and the outside , bleed the inside one first and then go to the outside one , making sure the bleeder screws are vertical .

Thanks, Bobcat...I will follow that advice. I haven't really looked at them much, only enough to know the pads look like new! My replica does not have power brakes, but the Wilwoods do a bang-up job (well, I hope I don't bang anything up!!) without power assist...even with minimal fluid in the master cylinder, apparently...:eek:

Cheers, and thanks so much for the tips!

Dugly :cool:

Wilwood calipers are easy - same way as Bobcat suggests