SC430 New owner, intro and build thread.
#18
Lead Lap
Nice job kuWuPt. Considering how much you had to put into it, I'd hate to think what a dealer would charge for that effort! It sounds like that is a 3 to 4 hour effort, at least.
#20
Happy New Year bud.. and u'r welcome.
Thanks elfer.
#21
Lead Lap
Actually, I was referring to the entire job you did, including the reservoir cleaning. That was quite the undertaking requiring a lot of patience. It sounds like you did a bang up job though.
#23
LS400 Brake Caliper Rebuild
A great relatively cheap upgrade to the GS that I've wanted to do in the past on my 2ng Gen GS was to put the LS400 brakes on. Since I never got around to doing it on the GS and since I'm a hoarder I had some LS400 calipers that have been sitting that would be perfect for the SC.
I hate doing stuff twice, I'd rather take my time and do it once and do it right. Since these brakes have been sitting and almost 15 years old I figured it was a good time to rebuild it and give it a little freshening up. Fairly easy to do, a rebuild kit for about $25 to $30 and a little bit of time definitely puts my mind at ease.
Use air pressure to pop pistons out, you don't have to split the brakes apart but I did just to clean it up better. Replaced all the seals, o rings, boot covers, locks, lubed everything up and pressed the pistons back in.
Didn't take any before pics, but the pics below are after cleaning the insides and a coat of high temp black was applied.
I think I spent more time cleaning it, than rebuilding it. In retrospect I should have media blasted the outside (do not media blast or try to brush where the pistons sit), it would've been faster.
Prepped, masked and etch primed it and now ready for some color.
I hate doing stuff twice, I'd rather take my time and do it once and do it right. Since these brakes have been sitting and almost 15 years old I figured it was a good time to rebuild it and give it a little freshening up. Fairly easy to do, a rebuild kit for about $25 to $30 and a little bit of time definitely puts my mind at ease.
Use air pressure to pop pistons out, you don't have to split the brakes apart but I did just to clean it up better. Replaced all the seals, o rings, boot covers, locks, lubed everything up and pressed the pistons back in.
Didn't take any before pics, but the pics below are after cleaning the insides and a coat of high temp black was applied.
I think I spent more time cleaning it, than rebuilding it. In retrospect I should have media blasted the outside (do not media blast or try to brush where the pistons sit), it would've been faster.
Prepped, masked and etch primed it and now ready for some color.
Last edited by kuWuPt; 01-20-15 at 09:38 PM.
#26
Lexus Test Driver
My sc has also had all the same issues at one point. These are all relatively easy fixes. For example, the tire senors commonly go out. There is a thread on how to disengage the TPMS, and it has saved me a ton of headaches. Feel free to PM with questions, or you can use the search button.
The bottom line is that your issues are relatively minor and it looks like you have a great car! Especially for almost 200K miles! Nice color too!
The bottom line is that your issues are relatively minor and it looks like you have a great car! Especially for almost 200K miles! Nice color too!
#28
Lexus Test Driver
That's great you new about unplugging the sensors. I dealt with random beeping for at least a year until I discovered this trick :-)