Skimask 0 Posted September 6, 2004 Instead of g-clamping the calipers back in and overflowing the Brake master cylinder, I always put the caliper back onto the carrier, and then levering the piston back i wouldnt do that to be honest. you risk damaging the piston and its a bit of a 'jack of all trades' way of doing it to be honest! use a big g clamp and use the old pad in the caliper to distribute the weight, again...to avoid damaging the piston. not sure about the bleed nipple but it sounds like it may work...although if it snaps your stuffed! I just used a big shringe to suck the excess fluid out of the resevoir before pressing the pistons back in...then toped up with what was in the shringe and binned the rest. Risk damaging the caliper..How? If the caliper is back in position the piston is on the inside, and pushing against the old pad and disk! Using a clamp you are forcing the fluid against the brake master cylinder seals, around them and out the reservoir. Totally the wrong way the fluid is meant to run!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrishill 0 Posted September 6, 2004 ended up £120 all in for discs and pads on the front. it was 'powertrain' not powertech...not as bad as i thought thankfully. funny thing was the guy told me to give myself some extra time when braking to let them bed in, tried them and from cold without any bedding in what-so-ever they're WAY better than what was on before anyway! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted September 6, 2004 How come new cars don't have stickers on the screen advising to break gently for the first couple of 100? I've never braked gently in a brand new car and they've always bitten like 10,000 mile old brakes from new! Pre-worn in do you think? I've found the Pagid and VAG combo bites well after only 50 miles, but by 100, they're very strong..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scruffythefirst 0 Posted September 6, 2004 When the calipers are off, inspect the piston seals and also strip, clean and regrease the sliding pins. I didn't :( Ho hum... Tis ok, I had a quick peek at them and they were fine. How come new cars don't have stickers on the screen advising to break gently for the first couple of 100? I've never braked gently in a brand new car and they've always bitten like 10,000 mile old brakes from new! Pre-worn in do you think? You should see the brand new cars imported into soton being ragged round the docks by the deckhands. I'm surprised most new cars dont need a full engine re-build and new disks / pads and suspension. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrishill 0 Posted September 6, 2004 ok, on the drive home, braking from 90 down to 60 and theres LOADS of vibration coming through the wheels :( is that just down to the brakes needing time to settle in? oh and dont think I was being a loonatic by driving at 90 on new brakes, it was on a very very quiet bit of dual carrageway with no other cars about and i just wanted to 'test' them a bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
