Rear BBK anyone?
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I bought the driftmotion kit for 100 bucks although I brought them back in my suitcase when I was in Chicago a few months ago so not sure how much postage to Aus would be. Its a front and rear kit (they wouldn't sell me rears alone) but still at least half the price of having rear lines custom made...
For those using the stock lines (I have earls a70 replacements) mine don't seal and the thread is quite long so it doesn't butt up against the caliper unless I get a thick crush washer? photos in this thread look like Ive got mine in further than others? as the evo had a banjo fitting on the stock line and the A70 lines just screw in.
^^ what did you use to bolt the caliper to the hub? high tensile stuff? apparently the A70 bolts are a different thread to the brembo caliper.
I bought High tensile bolts that were longer for the calipers thats not the problem its leaking brake fluid between the caliper and the A70 brake lines they are pretty dam tight now and the pedal feels fine now(went to floor 1st time) but cleaning the calipers it lookes like there may still be a small leak
You might need to use some Teflon tape to help seal the threads. Should fix your problem. Has anyone else had this issue?
yea had previously asked in that post if people were using thread tape but googled before i dent it and saw that was a no-no
A lot of times the fitting will be too short to allow the inverted flare to fully seat, you may need to grind the Boss on the Caliper.
there is still about 1mm of thread showing on the brake line and ive torqued it pretty hard I don't know if its wise to try farther am I the only one with this problem?
IIRC the Arizona performance wilwood install recommends the use of tape with their brake lines. Why is it a no no?
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Cause you should not need it period with a banjo/crush washer or a tapered flare.
And Teflon would probably fall apart with brake fluid anyway
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Well I went and got some crush washers and torqued it right up no more leaks pedal feels great but now on to the next issue.
My rotors scrape against the backing plate for the hand brake (not the dust shield I have removed that) it sounds NASTY any one else have this happen? I guess this could be a minor difference between brands of rotors.
Would it be unwise of me from a balance perspective to grind the hand brake section of the rotor down a little? as that is what's fouling.
And what I read about the tape is it disintegrates with the brake fluid
My rotors scrape against the backing plate for the hand brake (not the dust shield I have removed that) it sounds NASTY any one else have this happen? I guess this could be a minor difference between brands of rotors.
Would it be unwise of me from a balance perspective to grind the hand brake section of the rotor down a little? as that is what's fouling.
And what I read about the tape is it disintegrates with the brake fluid
Yes I had that scraping happen on mine, I removed the dust shield completely by unbolting it. Or you can grind the back lip down.
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anyone tracking their car should completely remove the dust shields as they can cause the rotors to overheat with prelonged heavy braking.
Plus it looks 100x better IMO and saves corner weight by almost 2lbs
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I haven't ran a shield on my supra since 08. Still no failure or premature wear.
Everything was changed new in 08 as well.
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Everything was changed new in 08 as well.
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