Second Look on a shopping List

[Ghilliesuit]

Thanks for all the help on addressing the cabin heat issue i posted. When i put her up in the air the other day i found several areas that need to be addressed asap. All the bushings are dry rotted and need to be replaced. And i figured i might as well replace the shocks. The break calipers need to be a rebuild/replace. Please review the below shopping list and advise if there are any additional items that i should look at purchasing. Measure twice cut once, just want to make sure once i have everything apart I'm not missing anything. Thanks in advance.

Front end

Rear End

Shocks

Breaks

 

[Crimson Thunder]

Check out Vette Brakes. They should have everything you need in one kit and probably cheaper than Eklers.

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

It's unlikely that *all* the bushings are 'bad' and installing the complete kits you've chosen requires complete disassembly of the suspension down to the last nut and bolt. Rubber bushings always look horrible from the outside but are rarely worn out. Ball joints are usually good for 100K+ miles so I doubt yours are gone.

Remove your calipers to see if they've already been sleeved. If so, installing new seals is simple and economical.

If you're just looking to spend money, you're chosen a good hobby.

 

[Ghilliesuit]

I'm tracking you Mikey, I had a Auto tech from the craft shop there with me looking at those bushings. Yeah the bushings are really bad, the calipers are stock, i went to the shop that he had the restore preformed and got a list of what they did. The only Break work they did was replace the emergency break.

 

[6880 Mike]

...the calipers are stock...

How do you know that? Stainless steel sleeved and O ring calipers look stock since most use original GM cores.

Are you having brake problems? Do you see evidence of leaking brake fluid?

 

[Ghilliesuit]

The front passanger side has a small drip. The calipers are very rusted up, and there is no tooling on the bolts. Is there a cheaper converion kit to change them to o ring? I was reading hat the old calipers with out o ring had tendancies to suck air in the lines. I jus wanted to modernize and enhance saftey. I'm willing to go the cheaper route.

 

[6880 Mike]

...I was reading hat the old calipers with out o ring had tendancies to suck air in the lines...

Pulling air past the caliper seals is usually the result of excessive run out. If the right front is beginning to leak, might as well replace all four. The remaining three are as old as the leaking one.

If you intend to remove rotors during the brake rebuild, index them before you remove them. They need to be reinstalled exactly as they came off to reduce run out.

You will probably be able to use your existing calipers as cores for rebuilt ones.

A My-T-Vac or a Motion power bleeder will be helpful. Get a good set of flare nut wrenches before doing any type of brake work.

Good luck.

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

The front passanger side has a small drip. The calipers are very rusted up, and there is no tooling on the bolts. Is there a cheaper converion kit to change them to o ring? I was reading hat the old calipers with out o ring had tendancies to suck air in the lines. I jus wanted to modernize and enhance saftey. I'm willing to go the cheaper route.

Many people use the o-ring pistons as a band-aid to cover up other unrelated brake problems. There's nothing wrong with standard lip seal pistons. Take the leaking one apart to see if it's already been modified for SS sleeves. If so, clean it up, install new seals and away you go.