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Great video, Eric!
Question: if you were to replace the brake hose with the caliper, what else would you need to do other than disconnecting the brake hose and installing the new one? When you disconnect the hose from the top, it a bunch of brake fluid going to drain out since you won’t have anything pinched off like in your video. If so, how will this affect the bleeding process?
FWIW, I’m debating doing this on a 2006 Crown Vic.
Thanks,
RobertYou are probably not getting more grief about reusing the washers because so many people have installed the replacements and they leaked. It’s happened to me several times, something so simple as a washer, why can’t the replacements work properly? Question, were those calipers painted, and the name of the reman company if possible. I used a Cardone recently and it was terrible, bare metal and the slides had no lube in them, not impressed.
I made a brake bleeder based on how this one was done, neat idea it saves time.
man i watch one of your videos every day , addicting lol .. U make good vids. anyways man i wanted to comment on the cooper washer theory u got. I was at school today bleeding the brakes and came across a leak coming out of the bolt head and the cooper washer was bad but we replaced them with a new cooper washer lol and didnt know that it could be a problem like u stated .. Just wanted to throw that out there .. Keep up the good work and if u every get around it i would like to see a vid about variable valve timing and how to adjust them. thanks !
Hey Eric I had a question, why didn’t you also replace the rotor? It’s hard to tell in the video but was it in good shape because it looked a little rough. Also I assume you replaced the pads on the other side too right?
The copper washers will work if you anneal them first. When they are stamped out they get work hardened. If you heat them up with a propane torch until they turn dull red, then let them cool slowly, they soften right up. They will even work on those poorly machined surfaces.
I was wandering if you still have that caliper and maybe able to show us and point out what caused the problem. But my gues this caliper is allready gone.
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Great video Eric. No problem with me on the reuse of the washers I do it all the time and have never had a problem with it. My only comment on the video is that I would have put a small dab of never-seize on the threads of the bleeder screw to ensure that it will be easily removed and not break off the next time it needs to be loosened to bleed the caliper.
Eric,
You should try Raybestos friction ready calipers. They come with all the hardware necessary without reusing anything. Just add pads. I’ve been selling them for years and I think they are the best calipers that I have ever sold.
You will loose more fluid when you do it that way but it’s not going to be that much. I would gravity bleed in the same way for starters, this will help a great deal when it comes time to do a final bleed.
[quote=”Taffy R18″ post=36197]Great video, Eric!
Question: if you were to replace the brake hose with the caliper, what else would you need to do other than disconnecting the brake hose and installing the new one? When you disconnect the hose from the top, it a bunch of brake fluid going to drain out since you won’t have anything pinched off like in your video. If so, how will this affect the bleeding process?
FWIW, I’m debating doing this on a 2006 Crown Vic.
Thanks,
Robert[/quote]You could loosely call it paint but I think it’s more of a coating they put on those things, not sure really. It will turn to rust in no time trust me. I don’t remember the brand of caliper sorry. Even remans with the same manufacturer can be bad as some companies farm out the work or buy the remans in bulk from other companies. It’s good to look over what you have no matter where you get it from.
[quote=”SludgeMan” post=36314]You are probably not getting more grief about reusing the washers because so many people have installed the replacements and they leaked. It’s happened to me several times, something so simple as a washer, why can’t the replacements work properly? Question, were those calipers painted, and the name of the reman company if possible. I used a Cardone recently and it was terrible, bare metal and the slides had no lube in them, not impressed.
I made a brake bleeder based on how this one was done, neat idea it saves time.[/quote]
Glad you like the videos. Yea I think that’s the reason I didn’t get more crap about reusing the old washers, it seems that many people have also had issues with the coper washers.
[quote=”AK” post=36316]man i watch one of your videos every day , addicting lol .. U make good vids. anyways man i wanted to comment on the cooper washer theory u got. I was at school today bleeding the brakes and came across a leak coming out of the bolt head and the cooper washer was bad but we replaced them with a new cooper washer lol and didnt know that it could be a problem like u stated .. Just wanted to throw that out there .. Keep up the good work and if u every get around it i would like to see a vid about variable valve timing and how to adjust them. thanks ![/quote]
There’s no need to replace rotors unless they have a pulsation and are below minimum spec and can’t be machined. In fact Honda procedure is to leave the rotors alone unless there is a pulsation. Yes I did replace the pads on the other side.
[quote=”RyanS93″ post=36337]Hey Eric I had a question, why didn’t you also replace the rotor? It’s hard to tell in the video but was it in good shape because it looked a little rough. Also I assume you replaced the pads on the other side too right?[/quote]
Just don’t use too much as you can contaminate the fluid.
[quote=”johnbkobb” post=36565]Great video Eric. No problem with me on the reuse of the washers I do it all the time and have never had a problem with it. My only comment on the video is that I would have put a small dab of never-seize on the threads of the bleeder screw to ensure that it will be easily removed and not break off the next time it needs to be loosened to bleed the caliper.[/quote]
Perhaps for domestics but I don’t often find that the Asian calipers turn out so well. I’m not saying they’re bad it’s just what I’ve seen. It seems domestic remanufactures do a lot of work on domestic parts but when it comes to other brands they perhaps purchase from somewhere else.
[quote=”tgmav5″ post=36573]Eric,
You should try Raybestos friction ready calipers. They come with all the hardware necessary without reusing anything. Just add pads. I’ve been selling them for years and I think they are the best calipers that I have ever sold.[/quote]
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