dan_2k_uk wrote:Never seen them in a pad kit so doubt its for the pads.
Maybe for another make or model that shares the same parts.
Good point - although Barnyzuki on facebook is telling me that it fits between the calliper and the slider, and that there is two of them per calliper in a Suzuki kit.
I can't for the life of me see how you can fit them between the calliper and the slider - unless I'm thinking of the wrong part?
I thought the slider was the brass collar thing that the bolt goes through, to let the main calliper body move?
Jordi wrote:Where did you get the clip kit from and how much?
Cheers
The kit is called a "Delphi LX0432" kit. I can't remember where I got mine, but they're available from Brakes International. The part number is BPF1671, they're charging £9.08 for 'em right now.
What I did buy from Brakes International is 2 pistons, BCP5114, £18.94 each, and 2 bleed nipples, BBN95, £1.25 each.
I bought a Jimny calliper seal/rebuild kit (5131) from Big Red:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310606656144 - . Enough for both callipers, but no sliders included - I reused my old ones. £27.90.
Brakes int. do a rebuild kit, BCK5119 - costs as much as the Big Red kit, but only does one calliper - but it has new sliders.
dazerede wrote:Just wondering haw hard was it to refurbish the Asian calipers and.how much chears
I stripped down the callipers, then took a wire brush and cleaned them up before painting them, then rebuilding them (one still has to be reassembled, because it turns out that DOT4 strips paint LIKE A BOSS and now I have to wait for it to dry out so I can repaint it, then finish rebuilding it).
It's easy to do, just time consuming to clean 'em up and paint 'em. I put copper slip on the sliders to stop them seizing, but the seals on the Big Red seal kit for the sliders seems to be airtight - if I move the slider around, the seals "puff up" or "shrink back" as the air moves, so I think they'll repel dirt and water, so they shouldn't seize up. Still, copper slip can't hurt, can it?
Getting the pistons out was a PITA. I ended up making this:
Getting the piston out was the only difficult bit. You can use a compressor, or so I'm told - the cheap type you inflate tyres and footballs with, not a powerful one (which would probably shoot the piston out like a bullet and kill you). But my method was basically to wind a bolt down into the calliper, which gently pushed the piston out - I made that little contraption so I could use a smaller bolt than the hole on the calliper, so I wouldn't risk damaging the thread. In the end, it was so gentle, I don't think I needed to bother - still, better safe than sorry.
I only found this *after* I'd finished, but this is essentially what I did (but I also cleaned/painted mine):
http://www.suzukiclubuk.co.uk/diy/18-wh ... er-rebuild
As for cost - if you don't need new clips, pistons etc - just seals - then you're looking at £28 for the Big Red rebuild kit.
I think in total, I paid about £100 on parts, including delivery and the pads. Not bad, since I got everything except the sliders, bolts and calliper bodies new - and that's the cost for refurbishing *both* callipers. I now basically have 2 reconditioned callipers in as-new condition.
Darrell wrote:Could that clip be an audible wear indicator ????
But where would it fit ??????
I can't see *anywhere* where it'll fit. It's driving me nuts!
Darrell wrote:How am supposed to get to sleep now
what is it
what is it
where's it go
what for
why
How'd you think *I* feel??? I'm the one with a piece of a BRAKE CALLIPER left over! Nightmares of brake failure due to some stupid tiny smegging freaking clip not being in place...
Darrell wrote:As we used to say - "Throw them at next doors dog"
Why? What did poor old Monty do?
