[s-cars] Which Big Brake kit

[Sean Douglas]

A tip, you may have to grind down the 10 mm flare wrench to get it to fit over 
the nut when you swap the x-over tubes. The nut sits very close to the caliper 
body. You don't want to round this off...

Sean

Quoting Gabriel Caldwell <gabriel at ts.bc.ca>:

> 10, 11, and 13
> 
> Gabriel Caldwell
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hoog23 at aol.com [mailto:hoog23 at aol.com] 
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:21 AM
> To: t44tqtro at gmail.com; Michael.Toborg at us.bosch.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Which Big Brake kit
> 
> Thanks,
>  
> So then the left caliper stays on the left side and right stays on right
> side and just swap the vent pipes and bleader nipples (so that the
> crossover pipe is on the bottom)?
>  
> Also, I don't have any metric flare nut wrenches.  Any idea what size(s)
> I need?
>  
> Dave
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> To: Toborg Michael (AC-SM/ESC3) * <Michael.Toborg at us.bosch.com>
> Cc: hoog23 at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:00:33 -0400
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Which Big Brake kit
> 
> 
> If you don't reverse the calipers so that the smaller piston hits first,
> you'll experience very uneven pad wear. I initially did not swap the
> crossover pipes because I had someone else install my brakes- because of
> this, after a few track events, the front pads were less than 2mm on one
> end of the pad, while the other end was 8-9mm. That's pretty bad. After
> swapping crossover pipes, I did not have any issues. 
>  
> Anyone know a good source for a nice pad spreader tool for Brembo
> calipers?
>  
> Taka
> 
>  
> On 9/23/05, Toborg Michael (AC-SM/ESC3) * <Michael.Toborg at us.bosch.com>
> wrote: 
> Yep, smaller piston first. I think it is so that the pads don't taper as
> much. You can really see it on motorcycle brakes when there is an insert
> 
> to remove the piston through the back of the caliper.
> Mike
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