Legend caliper upgrade
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Legend caliper upgrade
Long story short I replaced my rear pads + rotors and found one set of pads had 2x the wear as the other side. So I guess that means I need to replace the calipers. Anyone ever used the Legend calipers instead? All the threads on the DIY/Info stickies have dead links.
Can anyone give me info on it? I am needing to take my car in for a brake fluid flush soon anyways so I would likely just buy the calipers and have them replace for me. Less headache for me, I guess.
Can anyone give me info on it? I am needing to take my car in for a brake fluid flush soon anyways so I would likely just buy the calipers and have them replace for me. Less headache for me, I guess.
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Not familiar with the Legend, I believe that they had the dual piston brakes otherwise they operate the same. Are the calipers the same size for the legend? My guess on yours is one of two things, a piston is stuck and/or the slides pins are not moving. Easy job to rebuild.
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Long story short I replaced my rear pads + rotors and found one set of pads had 2x the wear as the other side. So I guess that means I need to replace the calipers. Anyone ever used the Legend calipers instead? All the threads on the DIY/Info stickies have dead links.
Can anyone give me info on it? I am needing to take my car in for a brake fluid flush soon anyways so I would likely just buy the calipers and have them replace for me. Less headache for me, I guess.
Can anyone give me info on it? I am needing to take my car in for a brake fluid flush soon anyways so I would likely just buy the calipers and have them replace for me. Less headache for me, I guess.
If you need rear OEM calipers, because you have determined that they are failing, you can find remans. on RA easily.
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Not familiar with the Legend, I believe that they had the dual piston brakes otherwise they operate the same. Are the calipers the same size for the legend? My guess on yours is one of two things, a piston is stuck and/or the slides pins are not moving. Easy job to rebuild.
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All one had to do was use the driver side legend caliper on the CL/TL passenger side, passenger side Legend on the CL/TL driver side, to get the bleeder up, in order to properly vent air during bleeding.
They offered an overall better pad to rotor pressure contact, which in turn, that helped not to warp the rotors as fast over the single pot 2G OEM that was supplied.
Review the thread below:
DIY: Legend caliper upgrade - AcuraZine - Acura Enthusiast Community
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They were a two pot caliper, from the 1995 GS Legend IIRC'ly, that were a direct bolt on to the 2G CL/TL caliper bracket.
All one had to do was use the driver side legend caliper on the CL/TL passenger side, passenger side Legend on the CL/TL driver side, to get the bleeder up, in order to properly vent air during bleeding.
They offered an overall better pad to rotor pressure contact, which in turn, that helped not to warp the rotors as fast over the single pot 2G OEM that was supplied.
Review the thread below:
DIY: Legend caliper upgrade - AcuraZine - Acura Enthusiast Community
All one had to do was use the driver side legend caliper on the CL/TL passenger side, passenger side Legend on the CL/TL driver side, to get the bleeder up, in order to properly vent air during bleeding.
They offered an overall better pad to rotor pressure contact, which in turn, that helped not to warp the rotors as fast over the single pot 2G OEM that was supplied.
Review the thread below:
DIY: Legend caliper upgrade - AcuraZine - Acura Enthusiast Community
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Assuming your rear calipers are stock as below (where you don't have to rotate the piston to unscrew). Remove and replace the seals and dust covers (buy kit #1 PN 01473-SZ3-A01) you will need to get 2 to do both the right and left sides. You may need #9 if there is damage to the piston.
On the slide pins you need to remove them, clean and use enough brake grease to have them slide but you do NOT fill up the boots, the boots are DUST covers. If you put too much in it will heat up and then get on the pads and rotors. Put just enough for the pins to slide without binding. I would also use a wire brush to clean up the outside while I had it off but before I took out the piston. Remember once you pull the piston you will lose brake fluid. I would pinch the brake line with something easy on the rubber.
I also found a general piston replacement video.
2002 Acura TL rear brakes
On the slide pins you need to remove them, clean and use enough brake grease to have them slide but you do NOT fill up the boots, the boots are DUST covers. If you put too much in it will heat up and then get on the pads and rotors. Put just enough for the pins to slide without binding. I would also use a wire brush to clean up the outside while I had it off but before I took out the piston. Remember once you pull the piston you will lose brake fluid. I would pinch the brake line with something easy on the rubber.
I also found a general piston replacement video.
2002 Acura TL rear brakes
Last edited by Jon M; 06-03-2022 at 05:18 PM.
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