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Kennedy 69 AMX Calipers: Warranty?

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    Posted: May/09/2012 at 1:02am
Anyone know how well Kennedy warranties their remanufactured calipers?  We have a set on a car that has traveled less than 100 miles, the passenger one is leaking heavily.  I can't find any info regarding warranty on their website or the paperwork.
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I do not know his warr. since i went thru calibers on line for mine.BUT Jeff is a very stand up guy ,so you should have no issues .Just your labor.
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I can clearly remember that my box stated you had to return the unit(s) in the original box. There was no return info., so you'll have to call Kennedy.

I can tell you from experience, that those calipers are "Half A**" rebuilt by some shop in the area. 

Pull up my several "rants" regarding this situation and the calipers. I was overseas and it would have cost over to $500 in shipping alone to return them and get them back. 

Again, anyone reading this, call Mark at Calipers Online and get these done one time and be done with it.
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I have had issues with Kennedy as well. Jeff would rather stand behind his suppliers, even when you can prove the issues with the parts. Call him to find out what he will do. G-o-o-d luck
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Originally posted by smoke smoke wrote:

Anyone know how well Kennedy warranties their remanufactured calipers?  We have a set on a car that has traveled less than 100 miles, the passenger one is leaking heavily.  I can't find any info regarding warranty on their website or the paperwork.



Are they leaking from the pistons, or from between the halves of the caliper?

The set I got from Calipers Online leaked between the halves, and it turned out to be two o-rings on each caliper that were not thick enough to seal. Rather than send them back, I just replaced the o-rings. Easy/quick fix, and 20,000 miles since without leaking a drop.
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The seals around the piston are made too small and the seals between the calipers are too thin. Kennedy and the other vendors that are useing these same kits are having the same problem. I know this because while at my brothers shop we were trying stop his calipers from leaking with the kits that Kennedy sells and we had no luck. My brother has some NOS  seals so we compaired them to what Kennedy sells and there is a big difference. The outside of the repo seal is too small  and the seal between the calipers is a lot thinner than the original. My brother called Kennedy about this as he has several kits and they are no good. He explaned to Kennedy about the differences between the repo seals and the NOS. We sent him a pic of the difference and he has seen it. My brother talked to him about getting them made right and maybe a little bigger as after the calipers have been honed they are a little bigger and the smaller seals that he is selling just don't work. Kennedy had said that he just got some returned from leaking and another vendor had called him about the same problem. Kennedy said he would send the pic to the vendor that was making the seals but he didn't want to make them bigger on the outside as he said they would fold over. We didn't think that would be a problem if the pistons with the seals on them were put in right. The only way we got my brothers to stop leaking was to put old originals back in, they were evan bigger than the kits that Kennedy sells and they were worn a little on the outside edge. It will be interesting if anything gets changed as they know what is wrong.  

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This caliper is leaking around the piston.  It is strange, they don't leak while pumping it up, but, they start a few seconds after you stop pumping.  I thought I had read some big complaints about these in the past, and that's why I purchased from Calipers Online when I got them for my Dad's car.  I'll call, and give him a shot.  I sure hope he handles this right, it will greatly influence my future decisions on where I get parts from.Smile
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I don't know who Galvin uses to rebuild his calipers, but I bought a pair from him a year and a half ago and have had no issues since.
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