Flare Nut Wrenches are a good ideal for taking the brake lines loose; helps minimize rounding of the fittings.Originally Posted by Screamin'Screw
List of to dos...
1. Install Koni Yellows on the Rear of car
2. Doing the 94+ brake upgrade.
3. Install Russel Steel lines
4. Install Hawk Blues in the Front
5. Install Hawk HPS in the Rear
6. Bleed
Questions:
1. Do you Flip flop both the front and the rear brackets or just the fronts?
2. Any issues with the Russell lines?
3. How much beer am I going to need?
4. Any special fun or excitement related to getting the brake lines on or off?
5. Any other Gotchas I need to know about?
This is in preparation for the upcomming Drivers Edge Event at MSR. Anyone going to be there??
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Flare Nut Wrenches are a good ideal for taking the brake lines loose; helps minimize rounding of the fittings.Originally Posted by Screamin'Screw
Anybody know the bolt sizes offhand?
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More stuff!
http://www.bigllama.com/miata/brake/bigbrake.htm
I almost had to call off the weekend's fun and excitement when Mazda Heaven did NOT have any 94+ calipers/rotors. Thankfully, I found them at another yard.
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Very nice!
I've got to hit this place up.
Need any help let me know
call at 817-377-0524
Rory
I am not sure why anyone goes to Mazda for Parts. There is a wealth of good parts available from the yards. One thing I noticed.
The 90-93 miatas tended to get the noses crushed in and the 94+ tended to have side and rear damage. Hmmm, could the larger brakes be causing this?
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Thanks for the offer Rory.
By watching them take off the calipers and rotors, I got a pretty good idea of how to do it.
They had a neat trick for getting the rotors off. Rather than smack them with a hammer (Method A) the guy too a bolt and drove it into one of the pre-drilled holes. This pushed the rotors off the hub without damaging them. Much better method. Nice to see the yard techs caring about the quality of the part.
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Yea that is cool Mazda even threads the hole on the rotor!Originally Posted by Screamin'Screw
What yard did you find all your goodies at??
Unfortunately,
I am keeping it hush hush until I can make a deal on a new top.
After that....
I even saw a set of shock out there that did not look stock.
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Offer still stands
rory
wheel bearings? you will need to check those, a track event wears those out in a hurry.
as for the brake lines, get some old brake fluid and liberally put it on the connections the night before, they are a pain to get off. this help it not be as much of a pain.
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99 Disco, the go anywhere ride
Thank Rory for the tip of the real calipers. Unfortunately,I retracted the calipers all the way back and now the parking brake does work. I will resolve that problem shortly, I think all I need to do is adjust the calipers a little? I hope.
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Screaming screw,anytime buddy, anytime.
when you get the pads in you have to adjust the scrw back to the level when the pads JUUUUUST " barely touch" the rotor and then put that bolt back on then pull the brake should be tighter tahn a snare drum.
rory