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Thanks for that--that was the next step...

Now will you call my mother-in-law for me, and ask her please not to come in October?:devil:

Wish I could do the Dr. O method of torque, but anal retentiveness gets in the way--that, and the fact that I'm perfectly capable of completely screwing up pretty much anything mechanical, if given enough time and not enough information, despite my grandfather being one hell of a mechanic...

 

Got the final plan now. Way talked to Outlaw, and they'll rebuild the caliper for a very reasonable price. Way also checked into a replacement caliper--I went ahead and bought it--unfortunately it's not silver, but the traditional black, but it was reasonably priced. Should have it in a couple of days. So I should be able to make it back on the track Oct 2nd. Wonder how many people will notice the non-matching calipers; should be fun. Have to take some pictures...

After I get the black caliper on, I'm going to take apart the one that's acting up--if it looks like it's the o-rings, I'll fix it, and be done. If it's not the o-rings, I'll send it back to Outlaw via Way for the rebuild. Eventually I want to get the silver one back on, and keep the black one as a spare. Either way, things are looking up.

Thanks everyone for all the help, and props to Way and Outlaw--a fair amount of phone calls happened to get all this done; I appreciate it!

 

Update--took the faulty caliper off and apart--o-rings looked ok, it looks more like a cylinder issue. Frustrating, because I just changed all the seals.

Anyway, I ordered another caliper from Way, and I'm glad I did, because I give up on the other one. I've had issues with it from day one. Anyway, got a good price on a replacement--only problem is it's black. I'm looking kind of ghetto right now, with one black caliper, one silver....

Options are send in the old silver caliper for a rebuild, buy a new silver caliper, or a black caliper for the opposite side. I have no faith in the old caliper, so a rebuild is pretty much out. I'm thinking I might just buy a black one for the other side, if I can get it at the same price as the one I just got--it actually looks nicer than the silver one, on my car.

At least there's no leak now, and the brakes work great.

 

The cool thing is Outlaw is literally up the road from Way--really nice that when TSW sold, it went to someone close to Outlaw. Upshot is the silver anodizing is available from Way/Outlaw, but the problem was timing--there aren't any in stock with the silver anodizing, I have a track weekend October 2-3, and turnaround time wasn't going to work--I'm at a conference for part of this week, and I had to get the caliper on this weekend to be ready for next weekend.

The silver anodizing is a nice finish--when you clean them up, they look brand new. The black calipers look better on my car though, just hope they don't turn purple eventually, like my Wilwoods did. I'm not in any hurry, so I'll stay with mismatched calipers for now, but long term I'll probably get a black one for the other side to match, especially considering the price Outlaw/Way gave me for all my trouble was very reasonable.

But thanks for the offer--I appreciate it!