[s-cars] Which Big Brake kit

[Gabriel Caldwell]

I agree.  Depending on what kind of flare wrench you have, you may also
want to grind down the 11mm flare wrench as well.  Some flare wrenches
are beveled, so if you use it to disconnect the rubber hose from the
hardline you will only be making good contact with half the fitting.  By
grinding that bevel flat you will make full contact.  Depending on where
you live these brake lines can be stuck darn good.

Gabriel Caldwell


-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Douglas [mailto:quattro20v at telus.net] 
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:32 AM
To: Gabriel Caldwell
Cc: hoog23 at aol.com; t44tqtro at gmail.com; Michael.Toborg at us.bosch.com;
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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Which Big Brake kit

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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