Un-mothballing the Six Nine Cuda BB that I built almost 35 yrs ago
Haven't updated my 69' project thread alot but i've been keeping after it and trying like to Hell to stay on course and remain as frugal as one can when working on a classic car.
After pulling the original Kelsey Hayes 4-Piston Calipers apart it was obvious that it was a good thing I did and though they miraculously weren't leaking they surely were in really bad shape and Someone else and myself almost had me talked into different front brakes ANNND getting rid of the Hooker Fenderwells and putting some chassis exit TTI's on the car.
At around $165 each for China re-mans of which they only could get a passenger side ,PLUS my K-H Cores I decided Hell No to Them, I'll try and rebuild them. After giving them a good cleaning they looked even worse but in reality there was only one spot in the piston bore that had a bit of pitting so I proceeded to make up Two custom semi-soft wheels to clean up the O-Ring and Boot retention Grooves as well as hone the bore ever so slightly. Then off to the Dry-Hone and Back to a Lil more polishing.
While waiting on a pair of New Caliper Boot kit's and Rear Wheel Cylinders I ordered from Summit, I taped off the bores and applied a coat of Silver Caliper Paint w/ Ceramic (whoa) that I found at O'Reillys and they actually came out pretty good. After spending damn near Five hours installing the Boots and Seals I can say with certainty that I'd hate to do that for a living as it was a PITA getting some of the pistons past those O-Rings. I had initially tried a bit of brake fluid to lube them but later went to just a touch of dielectric grease I had sitting nearby which helped....I Think.
I still ended up tearing one of the boots and reused one of the old ones that was still actually fine....Ha!
Almost completely done with the Calipers rebuild it was Literally the Last Screw on the Pad Tensioner that twisted off .....Ughhhh!
The Ol' back the screw out with a Centerpunch trick didn't work and the chisel didn't fare much better so time to for the 1st time try this Craftsman deal the Ol' lady got me for Xmas a couple of years ago...Literally like a couple of months before they boarded up my local Sears.
Took me about a half hour to figure out how the damned thing worked but it did the job and got the screw out so I can't complain.
Next weekend mayyyybe I'll finish up the brake job if I don't go back on the Radiator project, but still gotta clean out the lines, install the MC and rear wheel cylinders and gonna take a good gander inside the Line-Loc and Proportioning valve.
Haven't updated my 69' project thread alot but i've been keeping after it and trying like to Hell to stay on course and remain as frugal as one can when working on a classic car.
After pulling the original Kelsey Hayes 4-Piston Calipers apart it was obvious that it was a good thing I did and though they miraculously weren't leaking they surely were in really bad shape and Someone else and myself almost had me talked into different front brakes ANNND getting rid of the Hooker Fenderwells and putting some chassis exit TTI's on the car.
At around $165 each for China re-mans of which they only could get a passenger side ,PLUS my K-H Cores I decided Hell No to Them, I'll try and rebuild them. After giving them a good cleaning they looked even worse but in reality there was only one spot in the piston bore that had a bit of pitting so I proceeded to make up Two custom semi-soft wheels to clean up the O-Ring and Boot retention Grooves as well as hone the bore ever so slightly. Then off to the Dry-Hone and Back to a Lil more polishing.
While waiting on a pair of New Caliper Boot kit's and Rear Wheel Cylinders I ordered from Summit, I taped off the bores and applied a coat of Silver Caliper Paint w/ Ceramic (whoa) that I found at O'Reillys and they actually came out pretty good. After spending damn near Five hours installing the Boots and Seals I can say with certainty that I'd hate to do that for a living as it was a PITA getting some of the pistons past those O-Rings. I had initially tried a bit of brake fluid to lube them but later went to just a touch of dielectric grease I had sitting nearby which helped....I Think.
I still ended up tearing one of the boots and reused one of the old ones that was still actually fine....Ha!
Almost completely done with the Calipers rebuild it was Literally the Last Screw on the Pad Tensioner that twisted off .....Ughhhh!
The Ol' back the screw out with a Centerpunch trick didn't work and the chisel didn't fare much better so time to for the 1st time try this Craftsman deal the Ol' lady got me for Xmas a couple of years ago...Literally like a couple of months before they boarded up my local Sears.
Took me about a half hour to figure out how the damned thing worked but it did the job and got the screw out so I can't complain.
Next weekend mayyyybe I'll finish up the brake job if I don't go back on the Radiator project, but still gotta clean out the lines, install the MC and rear wheel cylinders and gonna take a good gander inside the Line-Loc and Proportioning valve.
