Thread: Bent caliper bracket slide pin recommendations

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

why bother using a single piston caliper for a up grade? f bodys are dual piston.


every thing zzp sells is the same thing you can go buy off the shelf at your parts store. if you know what car they came off of originally.

^^^^^

What you bought wasn't much of a upgrade. Should of went fbodies and be done with it.

Ok, reread, Scottydoggs' about everything being off the shelf. I'm not sure it's always that simple, but I'll start there.

It's my DD, & only car, & I do the work alone. The only real way to know, is to try & put them on. Brakes are not hard to me, just a pita b/c if something goes wrong, I can be stuck w/o wheels until I get someone to help bleed them. Always better I if know before I put it on jacks.

Originally Posted by Mr D

Ok, reread, Scottydoggs' about everything being off the shelf. I'm not sure it's always that simple, but I'll start there.

It's my DD, & only car, & I do the work alone. The only real way to know, is to try & put them on. Brakes are not hard to me, just a pita b/c if something goes wrong, I can be stuck w/o wheels until I get someone to help bleed them. Always better I if know before I put it on jacks.

trust me, zzp dont make them calipers or the brackets. the F bodys are on any, and i mean any, v6, ss or any other type of 98-02 camaro or firebird you see on the road, or junk yard. nothing that should command what those asshats charge for some stuff.

f bodys clear 16 wheels too. aka stock wheels. i got em, under stock 16 inch caddy wheels.

as far as bleeding the brakes, make a one man bleeder. you get some clear tubing that fits the nipple on the caliper bleeder, run the tube through a hole in a cap of a bottle then to the very bottom of the bottle. then make another hole in the cap for a vent. then add a few inches of new clean brake fluid, then open the bleeder, now slowly push the brake pedal 3 or 4 times, then go look at the line, if theres a air bubble in the clear line, push the pedal a few more times. repeat for all calipers.

make sure the master dont run dry.