rebuilding z calipers trouble

[Big Zee]

ok so first a story.

I had my 26mm aluminum front calipers powdercoated. Than I rebuilt them with the rebuild kit from PDM. while I was rebuilding them I noticed a bunch of glass bead in the piston cups ( which would lead to that the brake oil lines were not taped or the tape failed during the cleaning process. ) no big deal right ? take the 4 bolts off each caliper, pop out the piston's, and wash them down with compressed air and a lot of brake cleaner. simple plan.

problem. 2 bolts ( the inner 2 of the 4 ) snapped inside on one caliper.
I went to nissan today to get replacement bolts ( I was prepared for dry insertion btw ) and they said that the caliper's are never supposed to be taken apart and now both caliper's are fucked.

any truth to this ? or is there a place or nissan dealership that can help me get the 2 bolts I need to put my caliper back into 1 peice ?

thanks for any help, if theyre fucked theyre fucked just say so. :)

[dudermagee]

No, who ever told you that is a fucking retard.

I just took mine apart and had them sprayed.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5556807869_00532660a6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5556807869/)



Talk to this guy about finding new bolts.
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[Sileighty_85]

Lowes/Home Depot

[Otto347]

or McMasterCarr

[Big Zee]

awesome thanks guys!

I just sent Mr. Russell a PM so hopefully he can source a couple bolts for me.

[godrifttoday]

Take the other bolts off and measure them and I can source them for u

[lflkajfj12123]

Nissan is correct in saying they're not supposed to be taken apart... for the most part

the bolts you can buy from anywhere

[Big Zee]

^ yea, but the manner in such the assclown's did so is more what got my gears grinding.

whats done is done though now it's finding the solution to the trouble :)

[DeleriousZ]

They're not supposed to be taken apart because they never made replacement o-rings for the fluid passages between the two halves. Z1motorsports has these o-rings for when you want to put the calipers back together.

[teddyjr]

I've been stressing (not really) about the caliper joint seals now that I've sent my halves to powder-coat. They were siliconed by the previous mechanic. I'm getting the whole rebuild setup from Z1 as suggested. Stress is all gone now.

Thanks for the tip - didn't know those guys since I Skyline. Glad I searched before asking!