25 Year Old Brembo Brake Caliper Restoration / Rebuild

Welcome to this weeks restoration project. This time i am tackling a pair of 25 year old Brembo brake calipers and hopefully restoring them back to their former glory!

First job as usual is a bit of theatrical unboxing and a good visual inspection to make sure that the calipers are suitable for restoration and dont have any cracks in the castings. Im pleased to say they checked out well and the only issue to be found is that one of the calipers had stuck pistons hence the reason the silver has started to turn gold with the amount of heat that had built up at some point.

So with inspection complete i started to tear the calipers apart, i was expecting to have a real fight on my hands but i was pleasantly surprised when there old Brembo's came apart surprisingly easy. The pistons were very nearly completely seized up it took 150psi of air pressure to budge them!

Once apart i could finally pull the pistons and seals out the cylinders are in good condition with no wear at all so thats nice. I then took the caliper halves to the parts washer to remove years of brake fluid, oil and road grime. Once dried off i masked off and plugged up all threaded and delicate areas and proceeded to blast them back to bare alloy in the media blaster.

Once back to bare metal i could mask them up properly and get them ready for primer and paint, All coatings used in this painting process are all perfectly cable of dealing with the temps and abuse associated with brake calipers so no need to flood the comment section with worries about this issue. The bare metal was prepped with an etch primer, then re-coated with a high build primer to smooth out the casting marks. while this was curing i took the old bolts and flung them into a rust eating solution to prep them for later plating.

When the primer was dry i proceeded to wet flat them back to remove all defects and leave a nice smooth surface so the final coat will be super smooth and shiny. I gave them 3 coats of colour matched red and while that was flashing off i made up the Brembo logo stencil and cut it out of vinyl on the plotter and applied it to the calipers with mm precision then it was coated with pure white base coat de-masked and clear coated.

While the paint was curing i moved onto the plating process and broke out the super sketchy bench grinder again :) the plating process will be explained in detail in an upcoming video so i wont go into detail here but you can see the bolts came out like new and i chose to go with silver passivate instead of the yellow as it would look weird against the red. I then polished the stainless steel parts with the buffing wheel on the pillar drill.

Then it was simply a case of re-assembly being careful the loctite, grease and torque up all specified parts as well as being super careful not to damage the awesome finish :)

So i hope you all enjoyed this Episode and i will be back with more content very soon.

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25 Year Old Brembo Brake Caliper Restoration / Rebuild

[RRCRestoration]

Hey Guys, As you have probably noticed already i have updated the channel name and logo. The channel is no longer Really Random Channel it is now RRC Restoration. Just incase you were wondering why the water marks in the video still say Really Random Channel. Enjoy.

[blisterj]

I often thought that an artist was someone who painted or sang years later I realized that true artists are the restorers of things that other people call trash or would throw away. You are one of these; a TRUE artist.

[Boricua_King]

This was so relaxing and satisfying to watch. Thank you for sharing the video

[EdwinNguyen_]

Vote this guy for 2020 president and he literally will restore America

[Mopopoxi]

This is real quality golden content. No music, no talking, just pure action. Very good camera angles that really shows what's happening. You just earned new subscriber!

[Luhgooey]

I love that you actually painted on the brembo logo instead of just slapping a sticker on there and clear coating over it.

[Matt]

Forget about all the cool file sets, nice paint gun etc... that vinyl cutter is the real deal

[_RicksGarage]

Fantastic work. I honestly can’t understand how anyone can dislike this video. The mind boggles. Great job and great attention to detail 👍🏼

[badrse]

Man your videos helps me relax, perfect timing for a new video after a hard long day. Cheers

[rrudydedogg]

There is something so satisfying in repairing and restoring mechanical things be it these calipers or your Ducati. I love buying older cars and bikes "with good bones" and returning them back to the street where they belong. Your videos are so very well done and get always bring a smile to my face seeing the completed project. Well done, Sir!

[Vault]

Nicely done! 👏 Now go back and put the rubber rings 23:07 on the dust caps under the bleed nut 1:52 so they don’t get lost. 🙂

[paulsims]

Rob is so lucky to have someone like you, my wife of 41 years thinks when you finally finish decorating the house, you go back and start again. Anything for my lady . Keep the videos coming, love them .

[Atlas.XX]

This is probably the best caliper restoration I've ever seen. Fantastic job. I'm going to watch more of your videos since I really like your work, and videos.

[samolno]

Your attention to detail is very nice to watch ! Many ppl have the same tools and access to all these machines but your talent and detailed work is on another level in my opinion, keep up the excellent work and i look forward to watching more of your videos.

[laurenzolau]

I really love the contrapposition between your old and used tools and the “llike new” restorations!

[martinwatson]

I stumbled across your channel a couple of weeks ago and have been hooked ever since. Who needs TV or Netflix when there is content like yours? I've never seen a guy that literally has a tool for everything. You are a freak, but in the nicest possible way. Keep up the great work.

[dutycalls]

Fresh paint, hardware and rubber, so satisfying. This was next level vs that green one you did before. You delivered. The cross over tube fittings were still a bit chewed up, so you get a 9 out of 10. Keep it up. I really didn't think the bolts would clean up and plate as nice as they did. Too cool.

[freddie]

Superb like brand new Brake Calipers, professionally done. First time I saw a restoration done that way. Really don't mind paying more for that kind of service. Lately I saw BREMBO BRAKES in Mountain

[mohammadalmarri]

The cool thing about this to me is even if you show all steps, I still ask how?... Nicely done.

[nexpro]

A little trick you can do when using a mask for lettering etc is to apply a light coat of the background colour after the mask is applied and before the lettering colour is applied. Any slight bleeds will be invisible.