discomark10 · Feb 12, 2014

Mr Noisy said:
Oh and had a bugger with a brake caliper tonight!

One of the brand new rear calipers will not bleed, the bleed nipple port is not connected to the inlet port, going to try to backwards flush it tomorrow but otherwise will need a replacement!!

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Could you run a 1 or 2mm drill down the hole or something?

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

jamesmartin said:
why would you want to swap solid pipe for flexi ?

Because it is better

Can't be broken/snapped as easily, much easier for maintenance and is generally good fun

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

discomark10 said:
Could you run a 1 or 2mm drill down the hole or something?

I think the problem is at the joint between the two halves, spoke to mike@barry4x4 last night he said he had a problem before where grease was blocking it and recommended reverse flush with the airline

Tried that this morning and the bleed nipple is connected to the outer piston and the inlet to the inner piston but they are not connected

He said he will replace it so that is best course of action for me now.

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

Best laid plans

Just been to collect a 3.5mm long series drill bit, current thinking is this caliper is not properly drilled, going to try to sort it out and get it boxed off today

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

Fixed

discomark10 · Feb 12, 2014

Good lad, what I like to see! fix rather than replace!

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

Spoke to mike@barry and he said just open it up and see

Anyway so I did and they're very simple, just pistons and holes drilled between chambers and ports

Ran a drill down the connecting gallery between either side of the caliper and it was blocked with a load of rusty horrible stuff

No idea why but ho hum it was a 2 minute job

In fact as of this evening it's all plumbed and bled and I NOW HAVE BRAKES

Will make life much easier!

turbominij · Feb 12, 2014

It all looks surprisingly simple lol what gaskets did you use to rebuild the caliper or just rtv sealant?

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

Yeah it was very simple pal

If you look carefully you can just see an O ring near the bolts and nipples

That is the only seal, the caliper halves are just bolted together with the O ring squished in the fluid gallery that is visible there

jamesmartin · Feb 12, 2014

Mr Noisy said:
Because it is better

Can't be broken/snapped as easily, much easier for maintenance and is generally good fun

im not sure of better,thin bore solid pipe is used for a reason ,but its your vehicle

turbominij · Feb 12, 2014

Really that's silly but good not a job I have done before taking caliper seals out

jamesmartin · Feb 12, 2014

turbominij said:
It all looks surprisingly simple lol what gaskets did you use to rebuild the caliper or just rtv sealant?

square section seal ,most times they can be reused

godzilla84 · Feb 12, 2014

Mr Noisy said:
Thanks mate.

Yeah the hardest part is the mental battle because it is so easy to ruin it all again BUT just gotta be thick skinned, hey it's only paint can easily be done again

It's a long hard battle (my front arches that I did as my first landy job around 4 years ago kinda need reworking cos I naively left some half rusted bits and they are now full rust!) but it pays dividends in the end as a very useable and easy to maintain vehicle in the long term

It's not necessary to porn your axles like I have but that's just cos I'm a bit too keen and shiny stuff when it shouldn't be shiny makes me happy

Look forward to reading your thread

Oh im just as keen on stuff being shiny. If it starts off clean it makes it more fun to get it muddy!! Im exactly the same with my mountain bikes.

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

jamesmartin said:
im not sure of better,thin bore solid pipe is used for a reason ,but its your vehicle

I'm guessing cost James!

I buy rolls of 3/16" copper pipe for 9 quid, there's 200 quids worth of hoses on the car now!!

Dave@Llama said braided throughout is usually the preserve of the rally car boys, but yeah basically it's just no more brake pipe problems for me ever again.

And, with this build, there is a large amount of 'because it would be nice' to be accounted for!

turbominij · Feb 12, 2014

Personally I love he braided pipe looks the nuts and like u say will never go again I keep thinking of redoing mine braided and running mine inside the car on my mini

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

Hopefully after all this painting (again) it will be easier to clean before it goes rusty again in a few years.

Also the piston seals are pretty fiddly, the outer wiper seals are a #### and I gave up and left them out on my old calipers and they were all good for years, but the fluid seals were easy enough

I never split a caliper before though!

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

turbominij said:
Personally I love he braided pipe looks the nuts and like u say will never go again I keep thinking of redoing mine braided and running mine inside the car on my mini

If you do then dave@llama is the man for the job, mine got expensive because each corner has a short hose to connect caliper to axle and then long hose connecting axle to bias valve

This was a sacrificial thing in case it gets ripped off and I have a spare, all 4 corners are same pipe design

Anyway on a road car you could pretty much halve the cost I reckon!

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

So:

Last pieces of the puzzle painted!

New shock mounts fitted, now to fit the shocks to them, cable tie the fuel and brake hoses to the chassis rail and it's....

DONE! :cheer2:

Big tidy/clean up inside, road test tomorrow, final wash, mint up the body work and the jobs a good'un

RKServicing · Feb 12, 2014

Looks Awsome mate. Love the a shiney new bolts and stuff. I'd started to put all new on mine. But by the time I've worked my around the car they all ****y again where I started lol. So going around again with stainless...

Mr Noisy · Feb 12, 2014

Stainless is the dream, but THAT gets expensive!

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