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Hey guys gotta do new pads on the rear & definately need to machine the right hand rear rotor as the pad was wearing unevenly and the inside of the rotor has grooves in it, my question here is should try to save $25 & not get the left rear rotor machined? Is the lh rotor still useable as is? Heres is a pic v Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Thanks mate

Finally got the hardline nut undone today using vice grips & 19mm spanner & the flid pissed out which is a good thing then put on another hose & bled the caliper & all 4 brakes are working now Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

I know Mark works there but i spoke to a Jo & if they dont work on cars then i dont care anymore

I rang up highway clutch and brake & they dont work on cars just a wholesaler

No worries, brake shop it is then

Just remembered i have a flaring kit Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Where would i get the nut from Dean?

Might be better off calling HCB & finding out how much it will cost to make up a new line & fit it with another flex hose that ive got

Ill let u know how things go cheers

I have a pair of those too but i fear that they arent gonna work either im thinking they will slip off too, but ill give it a go thanks mate

You talkin bout these vise grips mate? Bought these the other day too but still not havin luck cos of the lack of room in there but ill def give the nuts a smack with a punch & hammer lol sounds funny, i was actually at pick a part today & had the 19mm spanner on the flex hose end & the 3/8 on the hardline nut & as i pulled the 19mm spanner slipped off and smacked my glasses into my nose then onto the ground, anybody looking wouldve had a laugh i was like "well better bend the nose pins back into shape & keep goin" Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

What size spannera would u guys use to crack the flare nuts on the hardline? I bought a 3/8 flare nut spanner & if fits on snug but still slips off under torque when i try to crack the nut & my hardline nut is now rounded & i went to pick a part to try to get the whole hardline from the diff to the left flex hose but the spanner just rounds the damn nut.........i dunno what im gonna do[emoji53] Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Update Got a secondhand flexible hose from pick a part on sat for $7 & went to put it on today & ofcourse the hardline nut gets rounded off so now will have to get another hardline that goes from the union fitting to flexi hose holy shit this is getting silly now

Ill get the hose nxt week & if its still blocked ill get a hardline too

I reckon

& if not then the hardline is kinked uh oh more dramas for me:(

I took the bleed nipple off & cleaned it its good , then got my brother to push the pedal no fluid came out so then i undid the hose from the caliper & pushed the pedal many times again & still no fluid so looks like the hose needs to be replaced which i might do tomorrow & hopefully that gets the caliper working again

Im just sitting here watching tv & going over the pad & piston in my mind & now its just hit me what u were talking about Dean the triangle hangs out a bit but once the piston is turned to the "correct posirion" there is enough room for the "triangle to sit in one of the 2 grooves on the piston thats that stupid tool goes into to wind the piston in or out......oh well too late now. I seriously dont know why they just didnt use a push in method like they did for the front calipers it makes life so much easier

Thanks heaps fellas im gonna take the nipple all the way out tomorrow & see if its blocked or not & take it from there. As for the triangle bit on the back of the pad i grinded it down in order to get the caliper over the rotor so yeah im guessing after all the winding back of the piston i did it wasnt enough to clear that triangle shit. The bendix pads didnt have that triangle & the face of the piston has no triangle to line up with the back of the pad so got me buggered but i didnt have that prob on the right caliper so yeah i dunno just see how it goes

Ok after a couple days mucking around & having to swap calipers for a second time the brakes are back on but when my bro & i went to bleed the lhr no fluid was coming out we tried a good 20 + pumps of the pedal but nothing the rhr bled straight away so took the car for a spin & the brakes seem good just like b4 so was wanting to know if driving it around for awhile will the fluid build up in the left caliper & should i try bleeding it again sooner rather than later? Or just leave it as is? Also had a cunt of a time getting the left caliper over the inner pad cos for some unknown reason it has a triangle protrusion so had to grind that down flush with the rest of the pad

Tried turning the pistons in with the multi grips but my multi grips (trojan one) are stuffed & slipping so thats that & the slides seem to move back & forth real easy with just the slightest tap of a hammer so i guess thats good so decided to clean the backing plates & brake assemblies & slide pins for shits & giggles

Yeah Mark (xtreme karts) mentioned that

As always nothing is ever easy & now i cant get the pistons back far enough anymore so now i think i might just buy new rear calipers, the left rear is turning but not actually going in any further & the rubber boot is torn & stuffed & the drivers side wont turn at all any more its hard as fuck & the stupid tool keeps slipping off the face of the piston:(

New pads & rotors machined all up $83 Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk