Air Brake Calipers....YIKES !!! (UPDATE)
Front brake caliper needed to be replaced....Bendix Part Number K022919. Called Monaco to confirm. Using the axle serial number and proper part numbers, this is the correct part number. Checked with B...
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Wow....
I'm sorry that Dennis has externally rusty brake calipers.
I'm not sorry he feels the need to replace them, and he also feels the need to comment on the cost...
Facts is... a bake caliper has three parts, the "outside", the piston, and the seals.
If the piston moves properly and the seals don't leak then the part is good.
If the outside is rusty and you don't like it, pull it off and have it powdercoated and move on...
$3000 for a caliper that does work and doesn't leak?
Sh!T Dennis, I wish I had your disposable income.
And I'm damned glad my lowly Knight has drum brakes...
I'm sorry that Dennis has externally rusty brake calipers.
I'm not sorry he feels the need to replace them, and he also feels the need to comment on the cost...
Facts is... a bake caliper has three parts, the "outside", the piston, and the seals.
If the piston moves properly and the seals don't leak then the part is good.
If the outside is rusty and you don't like it, pull it off and have it powdercoated and move on...
$3000 for a caliper that does work and doesn't leak?
Sh!T Dennis, I wish I had your disposable income.
And I'm damned glad my lowly Knight has drum brakes...
