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Old 10-06-2018, 09:27 PM
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Good day fellow jaguar fans, I'm redoing all suspension and brakes a cooling system and I'm at the brake calipers and I'm replacing the fronts with Wilwoods. They don't seem to make a kit for the rears. As I'm taking the rears apart one piston was really stuck. With some heat I was able to get it apart and found the inner cylinder is very pitted. Is there a way to repair what I have? There doesn't seem to be many option for a replacement. Some help would be great.
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Good day fellow jaguar fans, I'm redoing all suspension and brakes a cooling system and I'm at the brake calipers and I'm replacing the fronts with Wilwoods. They don't seem to make a kit for the rears. As I'm taking the rears apart one piston was really stuck. With some heat I was able to get it apart and found the inner cylinder is very pitted. Is there a way to repair what I have? There doesn't seem to be many option for a replacement. Some help would be great.
Tom
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Here you go... This firm does excellent work:

https://whitepost.com/brake-sleeving...ding-services/

JR
 
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Or you could replace it with the later caliper with square pads as used on the saloons too. This assumes you have the caliper that has the round pads and needs a strip down just to replace the pads, (not a very service-friendly arrangement !!). However, you'll have to search around to find the parts, although the piston and cylinder assemblies are available brand-new, and even in stainless steel !!

https://www.sngbarratt.com/uk/#!/Eng...%20TO%20831711.
to this
https://www.sngbarratt.com/uk/#!/Eng...712%20&%20SUBS.
 
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