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)

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Tip to repair rubber parts

I disassembled the rear axle before. There had been no progress on it because I started the repair of the fuel tank during my summer holiday. While painting the fuel tank , I repaired the torn rubber boot of the parking brake wire. I guessed it didn ’ t cost high because it was small rubber part. But I wanted to try the repair method I read on the magazine article before. This was the condition before the repair. The rubber was torn apart and separated almost. I used this self-adhesive type butyl tape. I pasted lots of small pieces of the butyl tape on the back side of the rubber boot. As time goes by , these tapes would melt and stick together. After this I applied plenty of adhesive “ Super X Black ” on the rubber boot. On the magazine of MOTO MAINTENANCE , I read the article that the motorcycle seat was repaired with this method. So , I wanted to try it. After drying 1 day , it became like this....

Pad spring repair

One of the springs to hold the brake pads was broken. At first I thought to buy it, however, I tried to fix it using rivets. It seemed to be strong enough just to hold pads. Later I removed the rust and cleaned them. Note: I have been using this repaired pad soring for 10 years and there is no issue. Pad spring is not an expensive part ptobably (I don't know the exact price), but it is easy to repair if you have ar1750gtv hand rivetter. (My original blog was written on 10th May 2008 )

Body repair around the fuel tank

I found some rust at the flange in body around the fuel tank as I expected. I believed this level of rust in this area was quite usual for old Alfa Romeo. It seemed that this area didn ’ t influence on the body strength , however , I was considering the method what I could do by myself. Anyway in order to prepare the sheet metal for the repair at first , I started to look for the store where I could buy some sheet metal near my house. I tried to research the store on internet , but I couldn ’ t find appropriate stores. Finally I asked the person at repair shop , who did maintenance of my Renault 5 , about the store I could buy some sheet metal. They kindly taught me the store , but at the same time they gave me some sheet metal for free. That was enough volume for what I wanted to do. I didn ’ t expect it. Thanks a lot!!! (My original blog was written on 12th Sep. 2008 )

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