Rear caliper rebuild how to is there any

Looking to rebulild the rear caliper just wondering if any how to around

There's more to rebuilding hydraulic parts than meets the eye. I have a longstanding grudge match going on the Saab bulletin board on the subject. My adversary believes one never should use remanufactured parts, but I believe the pros have equipment and resources unavailable to the home mechanic.

Granted, reman quality can be hit or miss, but home rebuilds are, in my opinion, almost always a miss. Here's why:

Got scored pistons or bores? You probably do. Those nice $2 seal kits aren't going to last in that scenario. Got a cracked housing? You very well might, but you can't know without expensive equipment and proper training.

I may be giving remanufacturers more credit than they're due but home rebuilding gives me the creeps, particularly for safety items like the brake systems. The pro-rebuilding argument I usually hear goes something like, "I've been doing this on all my cars since 1928...." But this is not a '68 Malibu, and there's a lot downstream of this part that depends on some pretty tight tolerances.

No idea what the cost or availability of remanufactured MKV calipers is of course, so I may be leading you down a primrose path. But if the caliper costs anything like $100 or less, I'd spend the dough on a new or reman part myself.

try 300 plus for a new one

caper7 said:

try 300 plus for a new one

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Hey, I was just trying to help.

Here's one for $135 -- I'm sure they ship to Canada, or someone does.

http://idparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24_101&products_id=2128