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Rear brake caliper refurb

Spring has sprung and so has some more refurb work on TheHoff. I'd noticed on a few jaunts after the MOT in April that the left rear wheel was rather hot after a drive, even around town so I figured it was time to sort the rear brakes and give them some of the treatment the fronts had got a couple of winters ago... After 30 years the original ATE callipers were looking a little mangy and in desperate need of attention so I whipped them off and relocated them to the work bench...   ...where a few knocks with a hammer separated the caliper into three parts:   I also noticed that each of the piston seals were hole - which made me wonder how they'd been able to actually work properly!    With the seals removed I discovered much manginess lurking beneath...    I can assure you that you do not want your piston looking like this!    First step was to clean them up and remove all the loose rust etc - I used a drill and wire brush attachment to get t