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thanks for the tips guys.
The job is now done and my car is back on the road with a working calliper that is also painted now.
I have recorded some of the work with my phone so ill be posting that on youtube sometime during the week after doing some basic edditing work. ill update the post with a link to it when i get the video out there.
the job was actually easier than i expected,
i ended up honing the caliper using a wire brush attached to the drill, not ideal. but i suppose its better than nothing.thanks for the quick reply MDK22 I am actually more confused than before now.
[quote=”MDK22″ post=157629]I personally do not like crimping brake lines. [/quote]
how do you stop the hoses from bleeding ? use some kind of plug ?
I suppose a golf tee and blu tack can work. but just checking.[quote=”MDK22″ post=157629]
Just an fyi you are supposed to use a hone to crosshatch the caliper housing where the piston slides.[/quote]I had a look around fro what you meant. and found this,
my question is, is the purpose of the hone to ensure that the cylinder housing is clean or sanded equally all round or some other reason ?
Here in the UK its a known fact that if you own an MG model F. (convertible roadsters from the 90s) your head gasket will blow every 40k
for this event to be known to the general public (including people who dont own one of those) seems rather fishy,
however this “design flaw” has cost MF its reputation for building reliable cars. being a pretty rare brand to be seen new cars nowadays.Eric makes a good argument. But i am with stilllearning on this one. with the level of technologie that exists nowadays. any brand could easily make a car to last for 30 or 40 years by default. after all Toyota, Honda, Izuzu have been famous for their incredible reliability every since i was a kid. i currently own a 18 year old Celica. with very few flaws to complain about.