Replacing Brake Calipers - ABS module?
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I want to replace all 4 of my F-Type's calipers. The car came with them in silver, and I've been painting them red pretty much every year due to fade, peel, track/canyon days and crap, to the point there's several layers of paint on it. I already purchased all OEM powder coated red parts to replace them with, but the mechanic helping me with this endeavor said replacing the calipers could get very expensive, depending on whether the ABS module needs to be recalibrated. Is that a thing? I've never heard of this. Then again I never had to replace entire calipers before, so I don't know.
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For what it's worth, I've replaced brake calipers on many different cars without any issue from the ABS system. I just replaced a rear caliper on my son's 2014 Nissan Pathfinder 3 weeks ago. Jag may be an entirely different animal in this case, so I'll happily wait for others to answer your question.
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I replaced the rear calipers (upgraded from 326 mm to 376 mm) a few years ago now and did not need to do anything with the ABS or module.
As for bleeding the brake fluid I just did a simple "pedal bleed" and that did the trick.
One tip - you will need new brake line/caliper banjo bolt crush washers which may or may not come with the new calipers, or you can do what I did and reuse the old washers after filing the inside lips off them. I went this way coz at the time the only place I could get new crush washers from was the useless dealership and I eventually gave up on them.
As for bleeding the brake fluid I just did a simple "pedal bleed" and that did the trick.
One tip - you will need new brake line/caliper banjo bolt crush washers which may or may not come with the new calipers, or you can do what I did and reuse the old washers after filing the inside lips off them. I went this way coz at the time the only place I could get new crush washers from was the useless dealership and I eventually gave up on them.
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