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[Webby the Bear]

It's a really nice little project to do.

If the calipers are working (and you can push the piston back with ease) i'm not sure whether you can re-use the existing parts  but you will need to replace those things if the caliper is bound up.

It's a nice little project to do. i did some at college.

Note though you'll need compressed air to push the piston out. If not you can put a fitting in to the inlet and fill with grease til it pops out

keep ya fingers well away tho

[vauxsull]

Taking them to work tomorrow to get them degreased and get fitter to drill out snapped bleed nipple... Doing a 4 on 4 off shift pattern gives me plenty of free time to do do stuff like this... Eases the boredom.

[vauxsull]

Right then. £120 delivered gets me all the seals and pistons to do all calipers for a firm called "big red" is this a bargain of the century or do I look elsewhere?

[Marks DTM Calib]

The Omega callipers are bullet proof, if the dust seals are all ok then don't touch the workings as you risk resulting in a non working part with potentially inferior seals in it.

Just clean them up well and paint them. 

[vauxsull]

Too late my friend.. All been stripped apart . Seals and pistons... One piston was goosed and 2 seals split... This is a spare set ive acquired and will clean up and rebuild as and when.. Just didn't know if the price for repair kit is a good price or not.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Sounds expensive to me to be honest!

If the dust seals were ok then the damage will have been done in disassembly I suspect.

[vauxsull]

They where disassembled because of the damage not due to.

[Webby the Bear]

I still maintain it's a nice project (what the OP said he wanted to do in his first post) and something you can be proud of

£120 does sound a tad expensive. Were there any other kits available? Having said that a brand new calliper is just over £100 so after doing the work you get 4 new callipers + sense of satisfaction for doing it 

Note that when the square cut seal's removed there'll be a bunch of rust in the groove where it lives. Be sure to also nail that with a wire brush otherwise that'll be as bad as using the rusty old pistons.

Ps..... photos of the project would be great 

[vauxsull]

If i knew how to upload images on here I would have dome ir ages ago 

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That is expensive for two sets of seals and pistons, you should be able to get 2 exchange calipers for £120.
Seal kits from biggred are normally about £20 per caliper, I've yet to replace a piston, normally just polish them up with autosol polish.

[vauxsull]

That price was for a repair kit for 4 calipers

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That price was for a repair kit for 4 calipers

That sounds better£120 for all 4 callipers.

[vauxsull]

I shall buy them then... Never done this job before so had no idea on costs..