Brake Caliper dust boot?

Yeah, you can do it. It's not hard, but not easy, and you may want to ask yourself how much your time is worth. Then check the price of a reman'd caliper...

You should be able to order a rebuild kit from Toyota, this should include the caliper dust boot, retainer ring, piston seal, bleeder plug cap, new copper washers, and dust boots. Aftermarket kits go for about $20. I ordered a Beck Arnley kit from Kragen/Murray/Advance Auto/ Checkers but yet to install it.

It's hard to find anything about caliper rebuild in any manual now. Older ones still have them for comparison. Unless you have one of those rear parking brake combo ones it's pretty similar.

Some brake rebuild pages with pictures:

I second that. The fronts I used rebuilts from the local NAPA store. Everything is shining new, even the piston. The green coated caliper is an anti-rust compound. Then you know it's not new.

If you didn't flush the brake fluid every year or two then the piston and bore may have rust. You'll spend too much time and get bad results. In that case go with rebuilts. Mine were flush every year with Valvoline Syntech or Castrol GT LMA (Low Moisture Activity), so I'll work on the rear with Beck and Arnely rubber kit as a preventative thing. Yearly flushes didn't prevent one front OEM caliper from seizing up on me (leaky seal) so I am going the preventative route.

Thanks for the tips, guys. No, I hadn't flushed the fluids on a regular (annual) basis, but it will be done once the fix is in place. The calipers look very clean ..at least on the outside. The local dealer wants just under c$200 for a caliper and c$70 for a repair kit! I may try and locate a kit at a local jobber and hope their quality is the same.

Does the dust boot and ring fit into a channel in the piston bore or is it fit _onto_ some notch on the piston?

You can check

I'm sure they ship to Canada. Caliper- wise US NAPA store are about USD$60. You can check for Raybestos reman calipers in Canada. Many of Raybestos rotors come from there anyway. Beck Arnely and Raybestos are good aftermarkets and those are what I use.

The boot retainer ring goes on the OUTSIDE of the boot where it seats in the caliper so it doesn't pop out. It comes off first and goes on last. Best to see it on the old caliper. I'll try to google some more for pics.

Here is the Free AutoZone online repair guide on the 96 Camry caliper rebuild:

Now I look at this your 95 probably doesn't have the retainer ring because it belongs to the same generation.

Thanks for that good info, John. A great buying site to navigate in for sure - - and a possibility. I will finish my sourcing process and may give rockauto a try after other avenues are exhausted. The s/h cost from rockauto is closer to local dealer price when express overnight shipping, duty and exchange is factored in ;-/ ..yup it's that much! Dale

Thanks again, John. Yup, similar and helpful but not the same as mine is a

2-piston model, ABS. Dale

(dust) boots was

anyone has repaired/replaced these rubber

=== Replaced them on a '94 single piston caliper using the Factory Service Manual instructions. See:

are press fit but easy to install.You take a standard socket and drive them in with a hammer.The service manual also indicates grease application points for thedust boots and slide pins, unless your dual piston design isdifferent. The Toyota service manual is the final authority.

Thanks again for the tips, guys. I managed to find a great counter partsman at Lordco who found the kit needed for the job. Cost: $9! It took all of

30 minutes to complete the boot re&re including jacking up the car ..now, let's see how long my labour guarantee lasts. hah

My next step is bleeding the entire system. I'll post that interesting ditty separately.

Dale

CDN$9 is amazing. Single piston kits will cost double that in the US.

Curious as to the condition of the piston/bore and rubber piston seal? Any rust in there?