How to Rebuild a Brake Caliper (WITHOUT Removing it From Your Car!)

The steps involved are:

1: Jack up the car and support on axle stands ('crack' wheel nuts first)
2: Remove wheel
2: Remove the caliper from its mounted position (you can leave the brake line attached)
3: Remove the pads
4: Remove the piston then clamp the brake line
5: Remove the seals and clean up the cylinder
6: Replace the seals
7: Fit the new piston
8: Bleed the brake
9: Clean and de-grease the whole area then re-assemble
10: Test the brakes - if spongy continue to bleed
11: Refit wheel, drop off axle stands, top up brake fluid then test drive vehicle

Why replace a brake caliper when you can refurbish it so easily?

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[twig]

An alternative to crushing the flexible hose is to prop the brake pedal down which will close off the reservoir. You may need to remove the stop lamp fuse to prevent the brake lights from draining the battery.

[maverickwest]

One handed brake caliper rebuild! Bloody Legend.

[fransmith]

I've been a mechanic for nearly 40 years you did a very good job for the conditions being on the ground not having a lift or specialty tools this is how most people would do it and your explanation was great next time get your woman to just film the whole thing..Carry on mate

[magniquesada]

This is a well-explained and straightforward job of rebuilding a brake caliper. Gives me so much motivation to do my own brake job and save me some money. Thank you, Christopher.

[StitchDGlitch]

This is the first video I’ve seen without using an airline to get piston out, thank you!

[justincase]

This video is spot-on for a number of reasons. The ability to use this technique and fix a caliper that is broke when you are not at home and don't have access to a wide range of tools is amazing. This technique can save so much time and energy. Maybe in an ideal world the caliper could be taken off, but usually when your car breaks down it's never ideal. This also helps other car enthusiasts by looking at a problem slightly differently.

Thank you for uploading and sharing with all of us.

[Jooeffoh]

If you use a little of the red rubber grease around the channel the rubber seal goes into, it both allows the seal to slip into the channel easier and also seals it better from water ingress aswell.

[Anonymous-itjw]

If you do this at home, don’t forget to wipe the caliper pins clean and then coat them with the caliper grease supplied in the kit, or use a high temperature silicone grease. If you don’t clean the pins or if you use a petroleum-based grease, the brake heat will bake the grease(old or new) dry, and the calipers will stop moving when you press the brake pedal. When he put the new grommet in, he failed to clean and lube the caliper pins on camera. If he didn’t grease them up, that car will have brake problems on that wheel within a year or so. Also, broken brake hoses result in immediate and complete brake failure, and old brake hoses will fail after a couple of decades of regular use and exposure to rain and salt, or to desert heat. Inspect your hoses when doing a brake job. Lost a friend to a broken brake hose a few years ago, and he was a professional mechanic. The bolts that attach the caliper to the suspension should be tightened to factory specs using a torque wrench.

Thanks for the informative video, and for sharing your tips on brake cylinder repair.

[stephenspankmonkey]

Brilliant! I found my outer seal was rotten on my Juke when I was changing the pads and thought I'd have to spend £100 on a new caliper... The noise when driving was awful - I was sure the caliper was seized. Then stumbled upon this video! Bought a kit for £20 and BAM! Nice quiet, perfectly functioning brakes! Thanks Chris, saved me a bomb!

[sandygrungerson]

Getting the piston out simply via the brake pressure system is BRILLIANT, no bloody air compressor needed, and no piston shooting out like a 2 gauge shotgun slug...

[dawbool]

What an almost perfect demonstration! I enjoy your comprehensive explanation, your astounding method of bleeding and your thoughts about refurbishing instead of throwing things right away. It is a pity that beautiful Rossella does not appear in the video. Isn't dangerous to pinch the brake hose?

[johnlieske]

I've made a habit of replacing all the rubber brake hoses when you rebuild or put new calipers on .
NICE VIDEO !!

[joedyck]

You have done a very good job, simplifying as much as possible and avoiding expensive tools. (No compressor, no brake line pincher, no brake bleeder...). I am impressed. Only thing different for me is I call the stuff fluid, not oil, but whatever...

[juodgyq]

Excellent video, instructions, lighting, etc (from usa). very helpful. Too many repair shops over here ripping people off with parts and labor!!!

[JHERI]

An entire caliper rebuild, never disconnected the brake line, and never saw a drip of brake cleaner. Impressive! I learned something today lol

[valerieboudarel]

EXCELLENT AND PROF WORK, THANKS A MILLION CHRIS. I LEARNED WITH YOU HOW TO BE INDEPANDENT

[briangarrod]

Only just stumbled upon your channel by mistake. What have I been missing. A good old fashioned common sense video. A pleasure to watch. I've subscribed so keep 'em coming.

[criticalpanda]

Great video. The only difference with calipers that have two pistons is to make sure one clamped or blocked partially so they both move together, or do one most the way and block it and continue so the other rises to match it. The fact you can just replace the piston and seals instead of the whole caliper was a welcome addition when I had to do mine recently. Got my set for $11! Sure beat $140 for two calipers. Thanks for the video!

[flipd]

Dude you ARE the man! No fancy bottle to collect brake fluid, and working with broken gloves. I followed your vid and was able to quickly rebuild instead of replacing a caliper. - from a viewer across the pond

[mcba]

Very handy video, although once the piston is out I'd prefer to change the seals on the bench as it's fiddly enough without having to do it in the wheel arch!