waderobertson 111 Posted April 4, 2021 When I was removing front hubs, stubs and calipers to redo suspension rubbers and ball joints a wee ball bearing dropped out of the passenger side caliper when I removed the brake line. No ball bearing in the drivers side caliper and no mention of them in my workshop manual so I pulled the brake lines off another set of front calipers I have in the shed to do a little applied learning... no ball bearings in either of the front calipers. Yeah, nah? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregaust 334 Posted April 4, 2021 Yeah , nah , never come across that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerg 10,875 Posted April 4, 2021 One of those "unexplainable" head fk moments... But maybe at some stage, for some reason, somebody mashed one into the flared seat to block that caliper off? I have come across some jobs where people have blocked off an air line going to a brake chamber on a truck, a "get you home" measure strictly and probably not a good idea in these days of transport safety regulation Sent from my CPH1920 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bear351c 10,433 Posted April 5, 2021 Maybe. I'd say it just 'landed' somewhere between the hub and the caliper, stayed there for 15 years, then fell out when you took it apart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hendrixhc 10,955 Posted April 5, 2021 Not the ball out of the end of a bleed nipple snapped off inadvertently? I found a Philips head screwdriver in the drivers door of Lucy yesterday! 1 Outback Jack reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Outback Jack 6,352 Posted April 5, 2021 Good thinking Hendrix, I reakon that's it too. ^^^Sent from my S21 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
