Brake help

[captainoblivious]

Does anyone have any good links for working on brakes???

The brakes on my daily driver (SE-R) need some new front pads and re-surfacing of the rotors, since I'm down there I would also like to put in a set of SS lines, and change all the fluid. So this would be good practice for me before I work on the L's brakes and risk doing it wrong.

Heres the thing, the only practice I've ever had in bleeding the brakes is doing the pedal work. I have no clue how to do the rest of the process, so I read a little bit in chiltons/haynes manuals, but would prefer something with some pics before I give this a shot.

 

[Spike Engineering]

Does anyone have any good links for working on brakes???

The brakes on my daily driver (SE-R) need some new front pads and re-surfacing of the rotors, since I'm down there I would also like to put in a set of SS lines, and change all the fluid. So this would be good practice for me before I work on the L's brakes and risk doing it wrong.

Heres the thing, the only practice I've ever had in bleeding the brakes is doing the pedal work. I have no clue how to do the rest of the process, so I read a little bit in chiltons/haynes manuals, but would prefer something with some pics before I give this a shot.

When I bleed mine this week, I'll either take pictures or videos. I'm sure Ruslow will add input, along with others.

Spike

 

[captainoblivious]

Spike - that would be great!

Question for you, in another thread you said your getting Stan's big brake. Have you ever considered just getting the Brembo's? I know there pricey but you were considering a Z06, so money can't be to much of an object. It just seems that would suit your needs more.

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nevermind, just read other thread now

 

[Spike Engineering]

Spike - that would be great!

Question for you, in another thread you said your getting Stan's big brake. Have you ever considered just getting the Brembo's? I know there pricey but you were considering a Z06, so money can't be to much of an object. It just seems that would suit your needs more.

The Brembo's are pricey and if I can get the same performance at 1/3 the cost, I'd rather save the money. Regarding the Z06 or AMG32, here my logic for choosing brakes over a new car: for the added performance (less the coolness of running a truck on a road course), it would cost me the difference of the market value of the Lightning and the cost of the new car. Assume that cost is $25,000. Brembos are only $3000, which is a huge savings ($25,000 vs $3000). But pads for those are about $300 so the cost could add up quickly over just one year. Ruslows brakes are much less expensive and should perform the same, but it uses the same calipers and thus, less expensive pads.

Just this afternoon, I found out that I've come into some unexpected money and if I wanted, I could go and buy either car and life would go on unchanged finanically. In fact, my wife suggested that I should get one of them with the money.

Instead, I plan to use it to build a better garage and add value to our house. What I'll do with the rest? Savings.

Spike

 

[Ruslow]

The best way to bleed brakes is to push the pedal 1 time then have someone open the bleeder.Keep doing this untill the fluid that comes out of the bleeder is free of bubbles.Do NOT pump the brakes all you will be doing is making smaller bubbles.Think of it like this,when you shake a glass of milk you just went from 1 big bubble to a whole bunch of smaller ones.Thus making it harder to get them out.
Its pretty straight forward.AS for the lines that up to you but if the vehicle is just a driver then I would save my $ for more important things.But make sure that your rubber lines are in good shape.Stan

 

[captainoblivious]

...Instead, I plan to use it to build a better garage and add value to our house. What I'll do with the rest? Savings.

Spike

I've been doing the same thing. Been working on the garage and doing alot of stuff around the house lately. Actually ordering the shocks from Ruslow is the first thing I've bought for my truck this year!

Stan - thanks for the advice. The reason I'm going to the lines is they will help remove the mushy feeling, so good pads and SS lines will be good for what I want for daily driving and the days the Lightning won't make it to Auto-X events

 

[NOSTROMO]

Bleeding brakes are as easy as installing new pads. Just don't overtighten the bleeder screw or you will be kicking yourself.

I use one of these as well

It makes things a bit faster and you only need yourself to do it.

Anthony