Skip to main content

Installation of the overhauled brakes

I could find the time on Sunday and started the installation of the overhauled brakes.
First of all I installed the new brake pads.  I bought them with 6,000JPY for a set of front and rear when shop did the sale.  I thought it quite reasonable.


Nice!

In the next I replaced the brake hoses with the stainless-mesh lines


15mm flare nut wrench was necessary to remove the hoses but I couldn’t find it (I think 15mm is not popular size).  So, I found a set of crow foot wrench at a tool shop and bought it.


I could loosen the nut only little by little.  But it seemed useful in combination with the extension bar to turn the nut if it located at complicated position.


Overhauled caliper and new stain mesh brake lines were installed.


The stainless mesh brake lines were not showier than I thought.


Now the caliper and brake hose looked fine.  But other parts were not beautiful!  I should grind the surface of the brake rotor.


(My original blog was written on 27th May 2008)
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Clutch master cylinder overhaul #3

I was still struggling with the sticking piston of the clutch master cylinder. I thought I should give up and look for the new part for the replacement.  And to for my curiosity , I started to destroy and disassemble the clutch master cylinder piston by drilling. When I was drilling the piston halfway , I didn ’ t have any specific idea , however , I thought to tap the piston to make the thread.  I started to turn the tap handle , and I felt the feeling that the piston was moved.  So , I tried to pull it , and then suddenly the piston was removed from the cylinder. Finally I could extract the rusty piston! I observed the extracted piston.  It looked there was no risk of the leakage of the fluid because the hole I made in the piston was not penetrated.  Thinking the function that this part only holding the rod connected with the clutch pedal , it could be reused if the hole would be filled by the hard material. However , before repairing the holed
Post a Comment
Read more

Clutch master cylinder overhaul #4

The overhaul of the clutch master cylinder , which I succeeded in the removal and repair of the piston with solder ( probably ), has been still continuing.  The master cylinder was disassembled and all parts were cleaned.  The condition of each part was not bad. In the last week the cylinder and rod were painted. Assembly started.  I checked the condition of the rubber parts originally used comparing with ones of the repair kit.  And I decided to use the original ones because the rubber was not deteriorated yet and the quality looked better than the repair kit ’ s one. Always the assembly is fast although I always struggled with the disassembly. Before After The overhauled master cylinder could be operated smoothly.  And I believe the appearance also became cleaner. ( My original blog was written on 26th Jul. 2009 )
Post a Comment
Read more