S-Caliper Restoration Step by Step

[Rich Lambert]

Holy moley...nice work!

[Bummler]

Rebuilt my calipers back in the late 80's. Today I use the old pistons as paperweights on my desk.

Well done...

[OliveR]

Very nice job !!!
I rebuild some with new original chromed pistons

[Neunelfer]

Thanks Guys!

Very nice Oliver. Those are the later Dichromate finished calipers. (I'm looking for a set... anyone want to swap an early set for a late set?)

It looks as though some of the finish may have been bead blasted off or is wearing off. Make sure you get some protection on them.

S-Caliper Tip #1: Vaseline. Protect them annually or bi-annually by rubbing a coat of Vaseline into them. No? Read the factory manual with regard to the maintenance of anodized Fuchs wheels. Anodizing leaves the surface porous. Petroleum Jelly fills those voids and further protects the caliper.

S-Caliper Tip #2 (for anyone with the stock plated pistons):

Change your fluid regularly "regardless" (driven, not driven). A brake system is an open system. Your brake fluid can and will come into contact with the earths atmosphere via your reservoir. In doing so, the hydroscopic nature of the fluid will pull water into the system. This tends to gather around the seals and your pistons will end up looking like the ones in picture #3 in post #2.

This is really a given for any and all of our calipers. These are high performance cars and should be maintained properly. Change your fluid annually. We've torn apart 100's of calipers and SERIOUSLY; you would not believe the difference regular fluid changes make on the calipers. Night and Day.

[OliveR]

[QUOTE=Neunelfer]Thanks Guys!

Very nice Oliver. Those are the later Dichromate finished calipers. (I'm looking for a set... anyone want to swap an early set for a late set?)

Thanks,why not !!!

[Bert]

Another excellent tutorial. I rebuilt my calipers a long time ago and they did not come out as pretty as yours.

Thanks for sharing.

[boxster03]

You took them apart

You can't do that every early Porsche repair shop

nice job

[Neunelfer]

Shhhhhhhhhhh... don't tell Moorespeed

Thanks!

One more thing Gang,

I have a saying "There's no such thing as a cheap or bragain set of S-Calipers" I get a lot of calls asking what the calipers are worth or, if they should buy a set fo $XXX dollars and that's my patent reply.

Let's say you find a set for $300 bucks. You will almost "always" need new pistons. Add it up:

Calipers - $300.00 plus shipping
Pistons - $215.00 plus shipping
Finish Restoration - $399.00 plus shipping
Compensating Lines $140.00 plus shipping
Total - $1,054.00 plus shipping

Now you can knock some money off if your refinish them yourself but add in rebuild kits, custom o-rings. de-anodizing, polishing and reanodizing.

They are some of the coolest calipers on the planet but... not cheap.

E.

[sithot]

O.K. It's time I get in on the fun. Who want's to pay for this junk?

Tom

[MarkS]

Another fine job and tutorial Eric. I knew I had hit the jackpot when I received the 67S set I sent you for refurb a few months prior. I have a pair of latter dichromate, PM me. Mark S.