Jun 07 2007
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No really, stop that

The new calipers went on nice and easy, and whilst I was doing the job, I thought I might as well also fit the braided hoses I picked up at the NEC Classic Motorshow a few months ago. The new hoses all went on fairly easily, once I’d worked out which nut of the brake unions I was meant to be undoing  It’s obvious once you’ve done it, but up till…

Jun 01 2007
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Stop that

After lots of to-ing and fro-ing the pistons on the passenger side caliper showed no signs of shifting  With the memory of a rather unamusing Renault 5 crash in the back of my mind, I decided not to bother with cleaning up the old calipers and getting a service kit, so one call to the local factors and a few quid later I’ve got a pair of reconditioned ones. I…