Hi all, just been refurbishing my front brake callipers and have put them back together. Was a fun one, I learned lots!
Having cleaned them up and replaced the seals, after pushing the piston in for the second calliper, i noticed the dust boot appears to sit slightly differently from the first...
Nice, I''m sure you'll get it to 1 million miles aha . I plan on keeping this as my daily driver for ever, should be a fun challenge figuring out what's required to keep it going for ever. How long do you think it would take to get reasonably poficient with welding / basic metal forming? I see...
The wishbone mount is too big to sit in the jack cup so I wanna put axle stands under the wishbone mount as you mentioned. The last image is a diagram of the front, here's a picture instead, shall I just jack up at the point indicated by the arrow:
Do you mean like this?
Because I tried that but unfortunately as the diagram shows, the points aren't wide enough and touch the edges of the wishbone mount slightly.
Aah never thought of putting the axle stands there instead. that seems nice and sturdy. Like this?
Will this be stressful...
Hello all,
I wish to lift the front of the vehicle. I don't want to use the sills because they give me trust issues. I was just wondering about the stability and slip risk where the jack contacts the wishbone rear mount.
I did a test lift, I aligned the jack perpendicular to the vehicle...
Just fitted some new ones, it worked! The dopamine hit I got from spinnin that drum felt goood when i refit it! I will have to keep that possibility in mind in future, the possibility of the product being wrong didn't occur to me at all. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction : )
Hello I'm new here (please let me know if I'm using the forum wrong), I'm having a little trouble I'm hoping someone could help me with. I tried searching the forum but found no solution. First time doing rear brakes. I got new wheel cylinders and shoes for both sides. However when I came to...