Squeaky brake , Escalation.
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My brakes have been squeaking a bit at the front over this summer. I decided to just ‘pop a wheel off’ to have a look.
Well of course, that escalated a bit.
Ever since I bought the car in 2015 it had a couple of snapped bleed nipples, but I’d replaced the fluids by taking off the calliper and bleeding it from the bottom nipples. A few years and track days later, I’d burned some of the piston dust covers.
When they started squeaking, it was time to get involved.
Of course one of the broken nipples had some kind of tool snapped in it. I vaguely remember ignoring that .
Then, of course all the callipers came off, looking very sorry for themselves.
The rears had some broken bleed nipples. To be expected really, 22 years of steel in alloy. They got repaired with this kit
Tapped out
Inset fits like so
After shot blasting and paint
was so pleased how they came out, the gold plated ratchet came out !
Well, now I’ve gone this far , may as well replace the old rubber lines.
Predictably, the unions wouldn’t come undone, and the original lines were past their best, so new copper lines went in .
After all that , I was never going to be happy doing the fronts and having to leave the one broken nipple with the snapped tool in it , I decided to get new front callipers .
Told you it escalated.
The HSV embossed callipers were made by Harrop back in the day, and after enquiring ,they are no longer available. The Harrop callipers from the performance kit they sell are though. Interestingly, the disk for the Hsv callipers is 30mm thick x 343mm ,but the Harrop kit disks are 32x343. Funny thing is having bought new disks 18 months ago they already were the 32mm thick. I did think the pads were a very tight fit back then!
Harrop callipers showed up Thursday, and very nice pieces they are too.
Fitted up, and bled.
And a little road test :-) It’s nice to drive it again after nearly two months.
Annoyingly heard Friday the ULEZ expansion is definitely going ahead for end of august next year. So I’ll either re-shell into a 2004 Monaro shell , which is compliant, and of course that will probably escalate into a full track build, or just pay the £12.50 when I want to go out in it.
I’m surely gonna make the most of it this next year, for sure !
Well of course, that escalated a bit.
Ever since I bought the car in 2015 it had a couple of snapped bleed nipples, but I’d replaced the fluids by taking off the calliper and bleeding it from the bottom nipples. A few years and track days later, I’d burned some of the piston dust covers.
When they started squeaking, it was time to get involved.
Of course one of the broken nipples had some kind of tool snapped in it. I vaguely remember ignoring that .
Then, of course all the callipers came off, looking very sorry for themselves.
The rears had some broken bleed nipples. To be expected really, 22 years of steel in alloy. They got repaired with this kit
Tapped out
Inset fits like so
After shot blasting and paint
was so pleased how they came out, the gold plated ratchet came out !
Well, now I’ve gone this far , may as well replace the old rubber lines.
Predictably, the unions wouldn’t come undone, and the original lines were past their best, so new copper lines went in .
After all that , I was never going to be happy doing the fronts and having to leave the one broken nipple with the snapped tool in it , I decided to get new front callipers .
Told you it escalated.
The HSV embossed callipers were made by Harrop back in the day, and after enquiring ,they are no longer available. The Harrop callipers from the performance kit they sell are though. Interestingly, the disk for the Hsv callipers is 30mm thick x 343mm ,but the Harrop kit disks are 32x343. Funny thing is having bought new disks 18 months ago they already were the 32mm thick. I did think the pads were a very tight fit back then!
Harrop callipers showed up Thursday, and very nice pieces they are too.
Fitted up, and bled.
And a little road test :-) It’s nice to drive it again after nearly two months.
Annoyingly heard Friday the ULEZ expansion is definitely going ahead for end of august next year. So I’ll either re-shell into a 2004 Monaro shell , which is compliant, and of course that will probably escalate into a full track build, or just pay the £12.50 when I want to go out in it.
I’m surely gonna make the most of it this next year, for sure !
Edited by fred bloggs on Saturday 26th November 19:41
I dread to think how much that would cost?
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