...unfortunately I´ve been busy with non automotive stuff so today I eased myself back into it by attacking the rear bumper support.
Mine have a big 7mm diameter (it was probably an imperial size) rivet holding the two bent bits together. Now I have to find a new one!
Still needed to be done to de-rust.
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Tedious de-rusting continues. This time the calipers (which are from a single Amazon system). They looked OK from the outside: This is usually the time to get them in bits to save them! Once they are really rusty on the outside the internals (in my experience) are done for.
As suspected the little pistons on the inner side of the calipers were hard to remove. Their shiny surfaces were a bit rusted so they need to be replaced. I´m a bit concerned about their bores but reckon they can be saved.
Loads of de-rusting later and some masking in the right places =>
I´m wondering what the reaction to splitting calipers will be on this forum. On certain forums this evokes full on anger much like the simple question ¨which engine oil should I use¨...
...so we´ll see how that goes (!)
{Take cover?}
{Incoming?}