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Google found me this. The rear coupe caliper looks to be about halfway down the page. I’ve never rebuilt a Honda caliper personally.
http://www.racepages.com/products/?D=ho … nda+accord
Hope this points you in the right direction.
Beefy:
Thanks for the help. It certainly appears that the Centric CE143.40011 seal kit is the one to use.
I started to order 2 kits, but it looks like they will only ship within the US. I’m in Canada. Maybe there is a ebay seller willing to ship here.
The prices are certainly good
Bah, sorry man. I didn’t notice you were in Canada, or actually look at the shipping. But it looks like if you can find the kit, it comes with the boot at least.
just for kicks call the parts department at your local Honda dealership.see if they offer a rebuild kit and the price. It might
be reasonable.Worth a shot this way your getting the right stuff. If you get a part # from the dealer you may be able to find
a OE kit on ebay. good luck and keep us posted. C8-)I don’t recommend rebuilding calipers especially rear ones as I often find that the piston or bore become too rusty and if you don’t address this with proper machining and replacing the proper parts your repair is not likely to be successful. Replacing them with remanufactured units is a much better option in my opinion.
Thanks guys.
I may well find that the bore and piston are in poor shape, and the remanufactured unit will certainly be less work.
I’ve rebuilt many brake calipers on motorcycle systems, and these are almost always aluminum bodied calipers which are much more susceptible to wet brake fluid corrosion. It is a tedious job but I don’t mind the distraction and the focus required.
This works will probably take the Accord off the road for a day or two, so I’ll get into it as the motorcycling weather improves.
Updating this thread.
I rebuilt the right rear caliper today. The piston was really tight in the bore. I pinched off the brake hose and disconnected the hose and got the caliper off the car. The piston threaded out of the caliper body quite easily, and the external boot, which was torn, came out easily.
The piston had light rust but cleaned up well, and the caliper bore was perfect.
The worst corrosion was where the external boot seal with the caliper body. I cleaned this with diligence but I worry about the ability of this boot to seal against the caliper body. The square section O-ring was clean and its groove was is good shape.
Reassembling the components with new seal and boot, and bleeding, was without any difficulty.
But in the final analysis, I think it is likely that sometime in the snowy and salty season, a remanufactured unit will be the correct long term remedy.
Glad you got yer ride going for now. Let us know how the rebuild works out, because I wanna know for personal use.
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