I dun goofed and damaged my Brembo Brakes (broken seals?)

[Renntech]

During the process of installing lowering springs on my '24 GT, I needed to torque down spacer nuts on the passenger side of the car. I usually use the powered Driver seat to wedge a cooler against the brake pedal so I can get that rotor held steady and torque the spacer nuts to 150ft-lbs.

Well I applied those brakes today having forgotten the DRIVER SIDE CALIPER IS ALSO OFF THE CAR. The caliper pistons ended up fully extending and wedging the brake pads together. It seems like it was quite the overexertion, because I noticed one of the pistons was very, very slowly leaking from under dust cover.

I used a C-Clamp to gently push the pistons back into place. I buttoned everything up, the brakes feel fine, and I took the car at slow speeds around the block for a few miles. Zero discernable leaks visible on the inside of the wheel's barrel... However there's no doubt something is damaged and (was) leaking. Perhaps a piston seal got rolled, stretched, or unseated? What should I do? I can't find reliable info on what type of brakes these cars even use or where to buy parts.

Any help or knowledge would be extremely appreciated, thank you! I am not an adept DIYer and this was a big mistake.

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[Billycar11]

Urf sorry man

it looks like you have the 6 piston setup
https://www.opmustang.com/store/p21...024_Mustang_GT_Performance_Pack_Brakes.html#/
not sure if thats even a reliable store but seems like what you would need

the dealer will probably want to replace the whole thing and from looking at https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/experimental-brembo-brakes-retrofit-kit.160072/
thats about $490 without labor.

 

[roket]

for who knows what reason, Ford decided to not offer caliper piston boot service kits for the S650, so if there is any damage, you're going to need a whole new caliper, which can cost a lot. retail cost for a non-black painted calipers is ~$600 before parts adds their mark-up, and labor for replacing a caliper is at least 0.4 hours, so in all it's probably pretty close to the $800-$1000 mark

 

[Renntech]

Huge thanks to you both for the responses! I found a pretty solid tutorial video on this exact process here: .

As I don't want to further screw anything up, I'll have my local performance shop guys remove the caliper and redo all six piston seals/dust boots, then bleed the brakes. Dealerships be damned, there should be no real reason to buy the full brake for some $600+ to repair some rubber parts.

 

[roket]

Huge thanks to you both for the responses! I found a pretty solid tutorial video on this exact process here: .

As I don't want to further screw anything up, I'll have my local performance shop guys remove the caliper and redo all six piston seals/dust boots, then bleed the brakes. Dealerships be damned, there should be no real reason to buy the full brake for some $600+ to repair some rubber parts.

here's hoping they can do it! i am honestly really disappointed in Ford for their lack of parts for serviceability on this

 

[roadpilot]

for who knows what reason, Ford decided to not offer caliper piston boot service kits for the S650 ...

Here is your reason:

Spare parts aren't always available from day 1 particularly things like aftermarket repairs kits until there is actual demand for them.

 

[HWill]

There have been others that have done this same thing on the newer F150. One just made sure the pistons were placed correctly back in and they were good.

The calipers are readily available if you need one. They are not as much as stated here also as I just bought one.
They are around $370 shipped from https://www.levittownfordparts.com/.
I would contact them with your VIN so you get the correct color caliper if you need to order one.

Hope it works out.

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