Brake Caliper Rebuild Guide (Mondeo Mk2 - Part 2 of 3)

The Ford Mondeo hit our roads in 1993, and has consistently been a sales success. Now on its 4th incarnation, it remains a drivers favourite.
For more information, visit the Ford Mondeo forum on TalkFord.com, the definitive resource site covering all Fords from the present day to the 1970's.

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Overview Guide
Ford Model:	Mondeo Mk3
Petrol/Diesel:	????
Estimated Cost:	?
Difficulty?	?????
Source	TalkFord.com

Due to the length and the amount of photos for this wiki guide, it has been broken down into the following sections:

Part 1 - Stripping Down The Calipers

Part 2 - Cleaning

Part 3 - Rebuilding

Step 18. Now comes the cleaning part, the time you spend cleaning will show when you come to paint them, if your happy with a ok finish then give them a degrease and paint, I wanted to see how good I could get this set, so first I steam cleaned them, soaked them in carb cleaner, this got all dirt and grease off them but they still looked ruff with flaked rust on the calliper, so next I got a like pin hammer and went right round the calliper knocking off all signs of rust, once done I wire brushed down, steam cleaned them at 3000 psi then de greased, again if you want a real good finish take your time and they will look fantastic, they took me 2 days to get them like this:

Step 21. Now it's time to paint, I used bolts and two vices to hold the callipers and carriers while I painted, I just used silver hammerite (smoothrite), then I left them for 3 days gave them a second coat and left for a week to go nice and hard:

Due to the length and the amount of photos for this wiki guide, it has been broken down into the following sections:

Part 1 - Stripping Down The Calipers

Part 2 - Cleaning

Part 3 - Rebuilding