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Wheels, Tires & Brakes
Metal or Phenolic piston calipers?
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 991186" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>l1tech,</p><p></p><p>Brake fluid absorbs moiture from the atomosphere and that leads to corrosion in calipers and wheel cylinders. Dryer climates help a bit, but even the desert has some humidity in the air. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Even in many parts of Sunny CA, there could be a significant amount of humidity in the air. A1cntrler's profile list Moorpark, CA as his residence, and the humidity there today is 96%.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is significantly higher humidity than we have here in Central Texas yet I have had more problems with corrosion in my calipers here in Texas than I did when I lived in Germany.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As for rebuilding calipers, I found that the rebuild kits and the labor and time involved was not worth the effort when I could simply buy calipers for as little as $19.95 with a lifetime warranty, and I have never had a rebuilt caliper ever fail...but I also flush my brake fluid regularly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 991186, member: 52972"] l1tech, Brake fluid absorbs moiture from the atomosphere and that leads to corrosion in calipers and wheel cylinders. Dryer climates help a bit, but even the desert has some humidity in the air. Even in many parts of Sunny CA, there could be a significant amount of humidity in the air. A1cntrler's profile list Moorpark, CA as his residence, and the humidity there today is 96%. That is significantly higher humidity than we have here in Central Texas yet I have had more problems with corrosion in my calipers here in Texas than I did when I lived in Germany. As for rebuilding calipers, I found that the rebuild kits and the labor and time involved was not worth the effort when I could simply buy calipers for as little as $19.95 with a lifetime warranty, and I have never had a rebuilt caliper ever fail...but I also flush my brake fluid regularly. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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