Just complaining about the quality of rebuilt calipers

"Quality" and "rebuilt" don't belong in the same sentence
I can refute that. BMW DSC/hydro pumps fail with a known defect. In 2016 (not sure price today) you could buy new OE for $3,800. It has the same design flaw as the one that has been removed.

The alternative was to pay $249, have it rebuilt by Module Master with a quality job, correct the design flaw, and have a longer lasting part. It’s been 8 years now. Back then they had like a gazillion pages of testimonials. Thanks to them and YouTube I was able to avoid a $4,200 dealer job and was out about $450 after the rebuild, software, brake fluid, and line wrenches
 
Well i bought another Napa caliper to replace the one with the bad threads. I opened the caliper box and this caliper has a lot of pitting that has been powder coated over. Overall i am not satisfied with any of the remanufactured calipers. So back to Napa it goes. I ended up purchasing two nice Arizona junkyard calipers. They are completely rust free and in excellent condition. I took them apart and the pistons are perfect. I bought some seal rebuild kits and will be putting these on and forgetting the “rebuilt” calipers.

Rebuilding yourself is the way to go
 
Rebuilding yourself is the way to go
Wife’s bff’s husband who is a Lexus tech said that about starters and alternators that even at the dealer what they install is not as good as diy yourself on what came from the factory

That’s why I wonder say you get the Brembos on a Tahoe $3800 dealer installed option. What becomes of the 4 piston calipers that came with the car from the factory. Don’t tell me dealer or tech keeps them
 
This, this right here is how US steel mills profited themselves out of business I'm the 60s and 70s.

Why buy guaranteed crap product when I can get brand new Chinese casting with pistons that come from the same OEM assembly line instead of rusted pitted crap piles waiting to puke brake fluid.


Congratulations rebuilders, you just played yourself.
 
What are the shops doing when they need a caliper? Calling NAPA and installing the one the driver brings? Are they looking the caliper over for every possible defect.

What does NAPA do with rebuilt calipers that a customer looked over and rejected because of defects.
 
I looked for seal & boot kits for my PSD and do not see many. Or the ones I find are not brands I thought were high quantity.

Would Ford sell the seal & boot kits or just new or rebuild Ford calipers.
 
What are the shops doing when they need a caliper? Calling NAPA and installing the one the driver brings? Are they looking the caliper over for every possible defect.

What does NAPA do with rebuilt calipers that a customer looked over and rejected because of defects.
They buy them from O’Reilly or Napa whoever can get them there the fastest and hope for the best…
 
I think all the rebuild work gets farmed out to 2 or 3 places in mexio? We had a guy who is an industry insider that gave us a peek.
Any way, looks like these rebuild companies will soon be profiting themselves out of business.
 
Check ford's parts giant for oem caliper rebuild kits or something like that.
And yes ford sells new calipers, not sure about rebuilt calipers
Ford doesn't offer rebuild kits for their application. Either seals or pistons. Just replacement calipers. Also bone of contention I have had with Ford calipers since starting in parts is they are just the caliper, they do not include the brackets or crush washers.
 
Frenkit makes really good stuff for caliper rebuild thats Euro built. I never had problems with their kits if you want to rebuild.
Crush washers normally come with the brake hoses I think?
 
This is why I bit the bullet and bought a brand new Toyota caliper and took the 225 dollars in damage to replace a crusty, rusty old one..

And even that product came defective...one rubber boot was split, so I had to warranty and agree to the dealer shipping me a new boot.

I decided to experiment with waterproofing and slathered some silicone grease all over the caliper body except where it necessarily should not be(brake grease areas).
 
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