Brake Caliper Cleanup

My left front brake caliper had developed quite a thirst for fluid, and I was getting tired of having to top up the brake reservoir every time I wanted to go for a drive. Fortunately, the caliper comes off easily. Yuck, what a mess!

I had been lucky enough to get a kit of new seals (right) from Cordel Foreign Motors. The original seals (left front) had pretty much melted. The piston is at left rear.

Ick, look at all the pitting on the piston! I was able to clean up the worst surface corrosion with emery paper, but these pits actually were etched into the surface.

However, Chip Lamb of West of Sweden had said they sometimes can go a long way like this, and I didn't have a spare, so I had no choice but to put it back in. (Later I did get a new piston from Motor Sport Service.)

I took this close-up photo of the cylinder to record its part number. Its internal bore was clean and unscratched, so was able to reuse it after a cleanup.