Brakes
Yesterday I started grinding and sanding down my calipers. Living by the beach does cause a bit of corrosion. It took the good part of the afternoon to get them to a point that I felt it was good for painting.
Tags: brake calipers, Brakes, calipers, decal, paint
Something I have been putting off for years (literally) because I didn’t want to deal with the hassle is flushing out my brake fluid. Finally I found the griots garage one man brake bleeder which sounds easy so I figured I would give it a try.
First lets cover a few of the basics before we actually begin. [...]
Tags: brake fluid, brake maintenance, Brakes, code
ince I’m converting to the 87+ brakes, I need to remove the dust shields. What better time to do this with the steering knuckle off the car! I’m pretty sure you can do this with it on the car, just not as convenient. The pictures below are with the strut assembly off. Don’t worry, you [...]
Tags: Brakes, dust shield, removal, rotors
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I noticed the only info for this is a link to Spyder Chat so I made a record when replacing mine, if it’s any use you can use it
While having my tyres replaced I noticed the rear discs & pads were getting worn/corroded and as the MOT is due next month I thought it best [...]
Tags: Brakes, discs, guide, pads, rear
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Here is a guide I compiled whilst fitting new front brakes to the front of my roadster at the beginning of the year (only just getting round to putting the guide together )
If I have missed anything / made a mistake then please let me know and I will edit this guide.
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Just some quick notes and pictures on removing the rear brake rotors and pads on a 1991 MR2 Turbo. Start off by raising the rear of the car, and removing the rear wheels.
Remove the caliper bolt, and the two bolts holding the ‘rotor bracket’ in place. Rotor bracket:
The caliper can be help up with [...]
Tags: brake maintenance, brake pads, brake rotors, Brakes, replacement
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Replaced my brake lines with stainless steel braided lines during my suspension project. Ordered them from Nopi.
1) Bleed out as much brake fluid from the system as you can.
2) Remove the 14mm banjo bolt holding the brake line to the caliper.
3) Remove the top of the brake line hose from the pipe fitting. First [...]
Tags: bleed, brake lines, Brakes, goodridge, install, remove
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All you need to upgrade your 85/86 to the bigger 87+ rotors are the rotors themselves and the caliper mounting brackets. If you want to go all out for this upgrade, you will need the dust shields from the 87+. You’ll need new brake pads too, since you are using new rotors. Any year brake [...]
Tags: Brakes, conversion, ECU, engine, remove, spring, strut, struts, swap
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