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    Caliper rebuild?

    Have a seized V6 front caliper. Has anyone done a successful rebuild? Or is the bore generally rusted too badly?

    Thanks.

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    Sticky brakes are well known. There's a couple of articles in the member's section about how to service them. Mine were in a pretty dreadful state, but much better now.

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    I successfully freed a caliper on my first V6 using WD40 and some judicial wiggling. It never caused me any further problem. Never tried a full re-build.

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    I'm about to get my Brembos re-built by these guys:

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