tuonokid
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Hi Greg
That's really easy
Barry
That's really easy
Barry
...I'll come back to you on that :wink:tuonokid said:[post]347717[/post] Hi Greg
That's really easy
Barry
Marcwithac said:[post]347816[/post] Great thread, truly inspirational stuff!
As per your thread title "If I can do it, you can do it". Really easy to do, I even bought a service kit from Bigg Red, sandblasted, painted, serviced & installed and I had little to no Mechanic skills.thinking may have a crack at the st150/170 brake upgrade
moondustka said:Great write up as usual Greg.
1. That would be the brake bleed nipple, and the plastic ball thing you are referring to is the dust cover and I'm hoping it's more rubber than plastic!
2. Correct, they are just for dust.
P.S. Since you've stripped them down you could get them electro-plated with a gold passivate, shouldn't be that expensive. But I think you've got the gold hammerite now?
Ben
Thanks Barry, just checking, is this so I don't get a coat of paint on the bleed making it harder to remove later? If so could I not mask it? Or, is it because it's routine to replace the bleed on older calipers and so wiser to remove before painting? If it's that, is it needed on what seem v. good condition calipers from a 2013 car? I decided in for a penny, in for a pound (ok, 50 of them) research-wise and these are from the later C-Max2 to see if the caliper upgrade was possible with them too. :grin:tuonokid said:Hi Greg Make sure you can get the bleed nipple out before you start painting the caliper... Barry
Cheers Wild, I can just hear my beloved now...."I see, you can't seem to find the Cif normally, but now..." Just found some alloy wheel cleaner so will give that a shot, if no good then the Cif and the withering contempt it is! :lol:Wild E. Coyote said:[post]348464[/post] You would be surprised at how effective kitchen cleaners are. If you are still not satisfied with the looks, take the stiffest tooth brush you can find and clean it again with some Cif....
Thanks for link Ben, will go with the stainless if replacement is necessary (see query above)... and Oven Pride?!! That's it, am convinced my lass has got you guys on the payroll now...this is a chores conspiracy! :lol:moondustka said:[post]348468[/post] As Barry says, better to check now that you can get the bleed nipples un-done. Also, might be worth investing in stainless steel nipples... you could try putting them in oven pride...
tuonokid said:[post]348474[/post] Hi Greg The bleed nipples seize in with rust and usually the only way you can get them out is with heat from a welding torch so you don't want to be doing that when it's freshly painted. Those stainless nipples that Ben put up are cheaper than Ford steel ones!!!! Wish I'd bought them. Barry
tuonokid said:Hi Greg
The important dimension is the thread as the pointy bit of the nipple seats into a conical hole in the caliper providing the seal so if the thread length is the same or longer it should be ok.
Barry
Hi Ben,moondustka said:[post]348743[/post] The best way of checking how bad that rust really is, is getting a large flat head screw driver in there and scrapping and poking around at it to see if the metal is still solid.
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