Y'all,

I almost got finished with the near-complete rebuild of my '84 300td brake system last night, but the RF caliper foiled my plans.

Both inner and outer pistons were stuck pretty hard and required dozens of alternating jab-the-brake-then-uncock-the-piston cycles. To uncock the piston, I used a BFS and/or a brass drift. When I finally got the pistons out, I discovered that they were evidently made of a material softer than brass and thus the drift had done enough damage to render them unusable.

I know that many of Y'all don't believe in rebuilding calipers, for whatever reason. That's fine by me, but I've always had success with it and since I already have the rebuild kit and have the desire to conquer this caliper, I want to find replacement pistons. I can find them for umpteen other Bendix calipers, but not this one, which is marked:


Anyone know where I can find these things besides a junkyard? "In a new or rebuilt caliper..." is not the answer I'm looking for.

Thanks in Advance,
Shawn