1973 Fury need help please

[Infantry82]

I have a 73 fury lll 2 door and I cannot find front calipers for it. Is there any other calipers that will fit that are more readily available.
Thank you
AATW

 

[halifaxhops]

@mobileparts

 

[Infantry82]

Do I need to PM this person?

 

[halifaxhops]

You can he usually chimes in when tagged. He is the NOS brake man.

 

[halifaxhops]

Can you rebuild the old ones? not hard to do.

 

[Infantry82]

I’m going to try and rebuild the old ones today. 3 bucks per seal kit so it’s a cheap way to see if they are salvageable.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

If your calipers don't rebuild well or you don't want to go through the effort of that, then yes p.m. Craig @mobileparts

 

[mobileparts]

Thanks for the shout outs, guys, but I do ONLY --- NEW --- And Calipers are in the Rebuild World --- ONLY ---
The ONLY Calipers that I get involved with are the Early 4 - piston Caliper variety, and
those are for R & R ONLY --- as in Rebuild & Return --- and I don't dare Rebuild them !!! ---
My buddy, Jeff in San Diego does the custom R & R s....

On single piston Calipers, such as a 1973, if the cheesy mass produced rebuilders are
" out of stock " because they have NO CORES , and we all know how coveted the 1973 CORES are, because of " Disc Brake Conversions ".... then you pray you can repair your own......

 

[Ripinator]

I’m going to try and rebuild the old ones today. 3 bucks per seal kit so it’s a cheap way to see if they are salvageable.

I think either RockAuto or NAPA has the rebuild kits - including the piston.

 

[mobileparts]

Everyone has Chineseum Caliper Kits with Chineseum Rubber for $ peanuts.... and,
Yes, the Chineseum Caliper Pistons are easily obtainable for $ peanuts, also....

 

[McPherson 57]

I had the same problem, but due diligence paid off. But not before I rebuilt my old ones. These are the A1 CARDONE part numbers, and they are correct.

 

[Big_John]

You could always have them sleeved and rebuilt too. The price looks right.

Caliper Restore Service

SSBC was bought and brought back from the dead a few years ago. No personal experience on my part with the new company, but some searching will probably get some first hand reviews. I had heard the "old" company did good work, but poor customer service and a lot of mismanagement.

 

[sixpkrt]

I had a hard time finding the correct replacements for the 71 Kelsey Hayes calipers that are on my car. (71 Chrysler) Every place that advertised the calipers being for a C Body, actually did not allow room for the pads to fit over the rotor. (I bought & returned 2 sets)
Most likely the sellers of those calipers just lumped the C body parts as being the same as with the A/B/E cars.
I am not sure if you'll run into the same problems for your 73 model, but you'd probably save some time & headache by finding a local shop that can rebuild them if you're not going to do them yourself.
I had mine rebuilt by a foreign car garage that specialized with Porsche cars, for something around $80.00 to do both.