OK chaps, here are a few pictures of my progress...
First, the before and after (DaveB's refurb) pics again:
Nice and light, eh?
This is the problem that I had with the dust boots on most of the pistons and something that I would recommend you look out for when buying as they are approx. £12 for a pair! When the pistons were extended, these cracks were gaping holes
Here were the starting materials:
Socket set with good range of sizes and large (Size 10??) socket hex bit included. Not shown is the torque wrench as a lot of leverage was needed to remove the old carriers. The 3mm spacers were not needed in the end and the pad were sensor was crafted from a Porsche sensor and the connector from and the pad from the old calipers.
Here's the old disc & caliper (no that's not a Redstuff pad honest)
This bolt in the middle needs to come off. Same for the one at the top of the carrier. Plenty of force needed!. These are then used to attached DaveB's fitting kit albeit that they are bolten in from the other side after the disc is removed:
Here is a little tip I have for when the old caliper is removed and the brake line is open (don't laugh, this was a first for me)...Use a cap that fits the brake fluid reservoir and double up some cellophane and use it to seal the researvoir and creat a vacuum to minimise fluid loss over your driveway; I just use the Eezibleed cap. Second, the cap from the schrader valve on one of the kid's bikes kinda clips on to the end of the brake lines supplied by DaveB to give a reasonable seal. With the old one off and the new line quickly on, I lost about 1ml
Brake line connected up, new disc on (after shearing the disc retaining screw and drilling it out like John did) and calipers easily but firmly bolted to the new carriers (pads loosely fitted just to check that clearance was definitely there as it looked a little tight). Note, I asked Dave to leave the Porsche decal off on my calipers as I preferred the plain look:
As you can see, there is plenty of clearance between the disc and the caliper pegs after DaveB ground-off a mm or two:
Job's a good'un....but another tip - don't be stupid like me and leave one of the bleed nipples slightly open as powdercoated and laquered calipers don't like brake fluid. Luckily Hammerite smooth red in my garage covered this up nicely and it was not visible at all from the outside:
Finished job showing good clearance between calipers and 18" Zenith alloys on an Octavia
