brake caliper refurbishment ??

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brake caliper refurbishment ??

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anyone know of somewhere to get brake calipers refurbed ie pistons, seals, powdercoated ect
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Have a search on ebay.There was a couple of places that could supply re furbed calipers for not a lot more than the sum of the parts required.
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Are you in a hurry, I know of a guy but he is moving house at the moment and not taking on anymore work for a while
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Mervin wrote:Are you in a hurry, I know of a guy but he is moving house at the moment and not taking on anymore work for a while
Merv
no merv no hurry does he do the whole job ie pistons seals and powdercoat as i have all three calipers to do
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Yes he will do the lot mate, i will pm his email then you can contact him too see what he says tell him Merv sent you
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Do it yourself? Surely! I did my Ninja calipers, easy peasy!
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Mervin wrote:Yes he will do the lot mate, i will pm his email then you can contact him too see what he says tell him Merv sent you
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Is this guy still about Mervin, I'm thinking of doing mine soon?
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