944 turbo caliper reapir

[64bug]

are they ripped? or are you just taking them out to powdercoating? If they are fine, Paint them, not powder coat.

[Hoghead]

Wrench ride - can you please send me the pics or take a look at what I have from a 1988 944T.
My knowledge about these is limited but I understand there is a scraper ring Vs boot to keep the crap out. Mine look like the scraper ring.

I was wondering if these pistons were coated - thanks and that cannot be done here in Thailand. I imagine that this would stop corossion issues and one could reuse the psiton if a seal only kit was available.

Do you still have the across the pond source?
Everything to me is across the pond so mai pen rai (no problem) as they say here.
if the pistons are toast, or damaged when removed, then so be it and I have to bite the bullet but this is a cosmetic mod only and I way well resort to paint as suggested.

Thanks for all the help
Robert

[wrenchnride247]

Robert,

I found the "across the pond" info. The guy who told me about it goes by the name tdc911 on here, and the company is in Germany. Here's the web site www.fvd.de. They show the boot/seal like I have, but I didn't look long enough to find the ones you need. Below are some link's to pic's of my caliper halves after powder coating. Please note I did not remove, or coat the mating surfaces, or piston bores. The calipers come hard anodized black/w clear coat for protection. Don't try and remove the black anodizing just the clear coat.

Also, I included two pic's of dust boot/seal (on left), and the type seal/scraper you have (on right). I have a pic of the two different piston types too (mine is on the left).

Painting will be the easiest thing to do, but i'm a detail freak .!

[Hoghead]

Looks nice!
My local powdercoater wants to split the calipers as well and I have concerns about reassembling without leaks.
Is there an o-ring between the caliper halves, and have you had any problems with sealing?

Will contact FVD and report my findings to the list.

I cannot help but wonder what is so special about these seals and scrapers. surely Brembo did not manufacture a special part for this caliper model?
The search continues

Robert

[wrenchnride247]

No leaks. The caliper halves use a external hard line to connect the pistons pockets together. The holes you see are only for the bolts that hold the halves together .

[Hoghead]

Great that makes splitting them a non-issue.

Now only to find the seals
The search continues

[Doogie S]

Hoghead

Please post where you get the seals from, as I have a set of 4-pots that I need to rebuild (ok, maybe don't NEED to rebuild), but if I am putting them on a my Ghia, I want them to be as good as or better than new and I got them used, so what the heck...

Cheers,


Doug