Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro

[retroren]

Might as well make something good come out of the corona virus:

started here, obviously, with a completely fine set of brakes that probably had 30,000 more miles to go



bit of wire wheeling and a couple of coats of rust inhibitor por-15:


finished:

[Otto Skorzeny]

Are you converting the car to a Porsche?

[retroren]

Well Otto, I was kinda hoping to go a little faster....a least look it standing still:) I've got plans to replace the visually restrictive turbine wheels. I'm not a "keep it stock" guy.

[Otto Skorzeny]

That's a tricky proposition. There were a couple aftermarket wheels made by Western for Toros and Eldos back in the 70s and 80s but if you can't find any of those I think you'll end up having to have wheels custom made.

The biggest problem is finding a wheel with the correct backspacing and deep positive offset. Using the wrong wheel will result in wheel bearing wear and failure and possibly broken spindles.

Bolt Pattern 5 on 5" = 5 on 127 mm
Width 6 inches
Offset +3.25 inches = +83 mm
Backspacing 6.75 inches = 171 mm
Load Rating 1600 pounds

[Otto Skorzeny]

Here's a guy who has done a lot of research on aftermarket wheels for the Toronado.

http://www.breznick.com/toronado/wheels/

[retroren]

Thanks Otto but I have a 1992 that has a bolt pattern of 5x115mm with offset and bore that seem to be common with plenty of aftermarket wheel makers.

[Otto Skorzeny]

Hahaha!

I guess it would help to read the Title of the thread!

[Jelonek]

the work of Breznick is very interesting! thanks

[retroren]

definitely not oem but these sure will show my brake work:

[Schurkey]

Any chance you pulled the pistons out of those calipers before you painted 'em?

You'd be amazed at the crust and "ick" that grows inside calipers. Last set I did ('92 or '94 K1500) the square-cut seals had a film of rust on them that I had to peel off with my fingernail. Once that was done, and the "guts" got cleaned-up, the rubber actually seemed to be in good condition--so I put 'em right back together.

Filthy


Visible crust on rubber seal--peeled right off.


Caliper hardware cleaned up. Threads get anti-seize, sleeves get caliper grease.


Cleaned-up and going back together. Just need to slap the piston to the bottom of it's bore.