98 v70GLT Front Caliper toast? Leak when depressing...

[regent]

On high-quality rebuilds - I would go with Autozone. Due to liability concerns, they would not sell a brake system component that is not reliable or failsafe. Paying $$$ for 'high quality' is not justifiable - IMHO that is not going to help the car stop any better.

My two cents on the Power Bleeder: I find it very easy to fill brake fluid straight into the master reservoir and keep the power bleeder dry (I use it to pressurize the system only) without putting any fluid in it. With a graduated drain bottle I can eye-ball how much volume I bleed - so I can add accordingly and prevent the reservoir from running dry). This makes the exercise a lot more fun - and cleaner too

[dosbricks]

My two cents on the Power Bleeder: I find it very easy to fill brake fluid straight into the master reservoir and keep the power bleeder dry (I use it to pressurize the system only) without putting any fluid in it. With a graduated drain bottle I can eye-ball how much volume I bleed - so I can add accordingly and prevent the reservoir from running dry). This makes the exercise a lot more fun - and cleaner too

+1 That's what I'm going to do next time. Already have a graduated plastic beaker. The pressure falls off fairly quickly anyway and I hate all that clean up.

[dosbricks]

On another related subject: who does high quality caliper rebuilds? I've seen NAPA, Nugeon, Cardone, ReTech, ProPartsSweden, and probably others. Prices range from $30 to $130. What do you guys recommend as a source for a high quality rebuild on the front calipers? Thanks.

I used O'Reilly's because it was handy with no wait for the parts and no shipping cost to return the core. The rebuilt quality was hit or miss as I had to return one of the five calipers because of an improperly seated boot, but I was closely inspecting so caught it before installation. But they have lifetime guarantee and the return was no hassle--probably the same at Autozone. They were ATE/Volvo caliper castings and are working perfectly so far. Cost after core return was $30 fronts and $39 rears.

I sourced everything else from FCP. Good luck.

[TRuck]

Clever Jreed!.....next time I might do that.
And yeah...ain't they perrrtie ! Sounds stupid, but those sad rusty old rotors always mad me kinda, well...sad. I'll enjoy these while they still shine.

All my calipers came from Pep Boys as did the rear rotors and pads. I went to Pep Boys because of time constraints. They were able to get them same day. Otherwise I probably would have FCP'd it.

The fronts are Volvo. The backs I couldn't quite tell. They didn't read Volvo anywhere, but were rebuilds. I had no idea this was the process for this, and would have NOT known or trusted getting calipers from them had it not been for Ozark's & other's info
My front rotors are Meyle, and front bads are PBR....
we shall see how it all doez.