I have a set of used ones off an '80 with broken bleeders (but otherwise
good) calipers i can mail you if you need them.
The bleeders will need to be removed/replaced.....
I gave up and got a different set : )

I have never seen nor heard of a caliper leaking from that seam. I would not
be overly concerned about the brake fluid contamination of the pads/rotors.
Maybe the pads, but it will come off the rotors just fine.

Best of luck to you.

-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:45 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Jake de Villiers
> <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Never seen it happen Neil...
> >
> > Brakleen will clean your rotor and I think your pads should be okay - by
> the
> > time you get to the bottom of Taylor Way it should have burned off!
> >
> > Does your pedal feel as good as mine yet?   :-)
> >
> >
>
>
> Thanks Jake.
>
> No not quite yet, but soon. (or at least closer to yours' than they were)
>
> Of interest (likely only to me!) is that the join on replacement
> caliper looks different.
>
> The failed one might possibly have a gasket in between the halves.
> Maybe that got messed up on assembly. I wonder if they had gaskets
> there were new?
>
> Appreciate the pointers!
>
> Neil.
>
>
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