otter74
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Last fall, when prepping my E12 for an event, a simple brake bleeding turned into a great, multi-week circus that. among other things, left me with an OE caliper with a cracked casting at the upper bleed screw. A friend of mine has another friend who he described a master at metal work, and suggested I send it to him to repair it. Since I eventually found a good reman caliper at LaJolla Independent to get on the car when I needed it, and could get the original back whenever, I sent my original caliper off to him. This week, I got it back and it's beautiful. He ground away the affected area with a carbide burr, used low-fuming bronze rod to build the area back, then burrs, flap discs, files, etc to shape it back to the original shape, a needle scaler and peening hammer to replicate the original casting surface finish, then drill and tap for a new bleed valve.
Due to all the heat put into the casting, it obviously needs a rebuild. The one part of this that I'm not sure where to get are the O-rings between the caliper halves and the spacer (he disassembled the caliper). I couldn't find anything in the archives here that gave me a part number, but I did some searching for Volvo calipers (since I recalled that some 240s used the same front caliper) and found this:
Can anyone confirm whether this is a correct O ring for the E3/E9/E12 caliper? Also, how many are there per caliper - 2 or 4?
Due to all the heat put into the casting, it obviously needs a rebuild. The one part of this that I'm not sure where to get are the O-rings between the caliper halves and the spacer (he disassembled the caliper). I couldn't find anything in the archives here that gave me a part number, but I did some searching for Volvo calipers (since I recalled that some 240s used the same front caliper) and found this:
Can anyone confirm whether this is a correct O ring for the E3/E9/E12 caliper? Also, how many are there per caliper - 2 or 4?
Rick, thanks for that warning. I’ll call them Monday. I believe I have ATE calipers.