Well, that’s new
Piston rusted through on front brake caliper. I suppose it’s not unheard of but I never had it inserted in me before.
Made the 110 mile trip home yesterday quite interesting. Would prefer not to have to go that far with questionably functional brakes again.
Yes, I did this on the asphalt driveway. I’m not messing up my new concrete garage floor if I don’t have to.
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I fully expect you will use some of the epoxy (or is it polyurethane?) garage floor coating when the concrete is cured in another …what? 20 days?
I would… I’ll even help….
I’m holding off to see. The installer used a sealant which he finds is as good or better, and thinks a regular reapplication of it would be a very good thing. But yes, I would very much like an epoxy floor.
Have experienced a cracked piston but have never seen one rust through.
My current car spent a year in Wisconsin in the years before I bought it. I’ll be doing brakes soon so I’ll be inspecting the pistons closely.
Now that is just weird. Have seen some that rusted to the point they would not adjust. Salt kills.
Frozen calipers is a problem on my 4runner, but it has four pistons per caliper. So it is possible for one to “rest” while the others are doing their job. I have had to replace two in the life of the car.
it is another inspection point now. Wnenever I check the brakes, I exercise all the pistons just to see.
Do you coach them like Richard Simmons as they exercise?
That’s the best you can do? Must be Monday where you live.
Is your new garage floor surface resistant to brake fluid?
I didn’t want to find out. Actually probably not, but I’m still researching. And yes, monday, but I did get a big kick out of the idea of you in baggy shorts and a dagotee yelling “In!Out! Come on ladies let’s work those seals!”
It could be worse. He could be Jane Fonda.
TMI. Your fantasies should stay on the inside.
I recall, in the old days, you used to be able to rebuild these. Strip them down, hone the cylinder walls and install new springs, seals and pistons. Now , at least for the 4runner, it is all one sealed part even though obviously,the factory does rebuild them since they want the cores back.
You can rebuild them. The kit is almost as much as a reman.
As I recall, The whole unit is pretty cheap so I don’t even try to rebuild.
probably needs a tool that costs as much as the truck.
I remember a 70 toyota I had. Tried to get brakes for it and they needed the VIN to get the correct parts as they had 3 design changes for the one car in one year. Kind of soured me on toyotas.
If you want to know it was a corolla two door fast back. cute car, but a real pos. meeting a truck once sucked the hood up. much to my surprise.
lol! I bet. Yeah, most of the time, remans are pretty cheap, because they can do a reman faster and cheaper than you, and there’s an associated guarantee.
Some Fieros originally had phenolic pistons in their brake calipers. *whimper*
WTF is wrong with using aluminum??
Og, finally forced to do a little engine work on my f150 (377k). Intake seals leaking coolant into the spark plug wells. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.
A new seal and you’re probably good to a million
We never seem to have that problem here in Africa… the veichle often gets stolen before parts wear out… ;-)