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    Thank you all!!! Is it as easy as taking it apart and cleaning it?

    See pics below of what I'm dealing with...

    Daniel

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    Daniel, yeah, it's pretty straight forward process. It does look like you have some serious rust. But, in my opinion, you should be able to clean it up pretty good with a wire brush chucked in a drill or air powered die grinder. After I cleaned mine, I got some quality caliper paint, painted them, and the bracket also. After paint cured, I put the new seals and cleaned up piston in the calipers,
    Installed everything, and blead the brakes. Ta da!

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    Daniel, this isn't exactly like our calipers, but pretty close, and gives you an ideA what I'm talking about. The biggest difference with ours is that the dust boot fits in a groove, And is held in with a wire ring....kind of like a big circle clip. This guy in the video uses a hand held wire brush, I used an air powered die grinder with a soft wire brush in it.
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cRUOChic7bc

    Hope this helps.... There's not much to it, and no black magic involved!

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