Nugeon rebuilt caliper failed

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Had a dragging brake on my Odyssey, so I replaced the caliper and hoses. I used a Nugeon (by BBB). Worked OK, now two and a half months later, it's leaked out the brake fluid.

Sadly, I used a "Mfgr closeout" from Rockauto, so it only had a 30-day warranty. The nice thing about the closeout is I didn't have to deal with a core charge.

I was wanting to take this van up to Iowa this weekend, so I am getting a caliper from Advance Auto. Maybe this one will be better. I don't have much confidence in rebuilt parts now.
 
I would call their customer service line listed on their web page and discuss the issue. They might refund your money for to cost of mailing them the old part.

They're in Alabama so you're on the same time zone. Give it a try.

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Had a dragging brake on my Odyssey, so I replaced the caliper and hoses. I used a Nugeon (by BBB). Worked OK, now two and a half months later, it's leaked out the brake fluid.

Sadly, I used a "Mfgr closeout" from Rockauto, so it only had a 30-day warranty. The nice thing about the closeout is I didn't have to deal with a core charge.

I was wanting to take this van up to Iowa this weekend, so I am getting a caliper from Advance Auto. Maybe this one will be better. I don't have much confidence in rebuilt parts now.
I am keeping my fingers crossed. I bought a pair of reman Nugeon calipers on close out for my F150 and installed them back in June. So far so good....I hope.
 
Had a dragging brake on my Odyssey, so I replaced the caliper and hoses. I used a Nugeon (by BBB). Worked OK, now two and a half months later, it's leaked out the brake fluid.

Sadly, I used a "Mfgr closeout" from Rockauto, so it only had a 30-day warranty. The nice thing about the closeout is I didn't have to deal with a core charge.

I was wanting to take this van up to Iowa this weekend, so I am getting a caliper from Advance Auto. Maybe this one will be better. I don't have much confidence in rebuilt parts now.

Rebuild your own if at all possible, it's a 30 minute job if you don't repaint the outside but that(s only cosmetic anyway. 2 seals, 2 pins a rubber bush, 2 boots for the pins and a new piston if needed. It'll be good as new.
 
Had a dragging brake on my Odyssey, so I replaced the caliper and hoses. I used a Nugeon (by BBB). Worked OK, now two and a half months later, it's leaked out the brake fluid.

Sadly, I used a "Mfgr closeout" from Rockauto, so it only had a 30-day warranty. The nice thing about the closeout is I didn't have to deal with a core charge.

I was wanting to take this van up to Iowa this weekend, so I am getting a caliper from Advance Auto. Maybe this one will be better. I don't have much confidence in rebuilt parts now.
Nugeon, anything by BBB and Cardone are not known for their high quality. If you really need a caliper because your old one cannot be rebuilt buy a new one, even the Chinese stuff is much better.
 
I performed a quality audit at an Akebono reman facility one time. Noticed that they were bead blasting the caliper bodies with a needle bearing still installed (for rear park brake). When questioned about this, they retreated to talk, then came back, and said for my company, a large Japanese OEM, they would replace the bearing, which they don't normally do. I also watched a tech polishing brake pistons. When asked how big of a surface defect was okay, they couldn't answer. I asked them to set up limit samples, demonstrating to the tech what the worst allowable defect looks like, for comparison purposes. Pretty basic stuff, and surprising that a Japanese company didn't know this sort of basic stuff.
 
I performed a quality audit at an Akebono reman facility one time. Noticed that they were bead blasting the caliper bodies with a needle bearing still installed (for rear park brake). When questioned about this, they retreated to talk, then came back, and said for my company, a large Japanese OEM, they would replace the bearing, which they don't normally do. I also watched a tech polishing brake pistons. When asked how big of a surface defect was okay, they couldn't answer. I asked them to set up limit samples, demonstrating to the tech what the worst allowable defect looks like, for comparison purposes. Pretty basic stuff, and surprising that a Japanese company didn't know this sort of basic stuff.
Your post and the one before you is basically breaking out the crayons 🖍 and explaining to these rebuilders how they are profiting themselves out of business.
 
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