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Anthony Rodgers
Tinkerer
Victoria
V8

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 11:22 am, by:  Anthony Rodgers (Anthrodge87) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hey all,

Starting to penetrate the mechanical area for the car as to try and save some $$$, just wondering if someone can give me some assistance in removing the brake callipers and rotors, as in what tools are needed, how it is done and what not.

cheers for any assistance.
Cara Joseph
TryHard
victoria
skyline T

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 11:34 am, by:  Cara Joseph (Carasky) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Anthony i wouldnt suggest playing with the brakes if you need to ask the questions above best off not saving those dollars as it may result in spending tripple what it would have cost in the first place.
Just my advice. brakes is all you pritty much have in stopping safely.
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 12:51 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Read this:
http://soarer.ace.net.au/brake_pads.html
and this: http://soarer.ace.net.au/brake_rotors.html

Then if you do the job, also read this: http://soarer.ace.net.au/bleeding_flushing.html
Anthony Rodgers
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Victoria
V8

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Friday, November 02, 2007 - 03:47 pm, by:  Anthony Rodgers (Anthrodge87) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cheers folks,

Cara, wont be doing anything drastic, just wanna learn how to work around a car, appreciate the warning tho

Peter, thanks for the sites, a few other useful bits on it too, cheers sir.
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 07:26 pm, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you are confident in your abilities to pull something to bits and put it back together the same way it came apart, brakes are nothing to be afraid of - and no special tools are required, just a good set of the basics.

But if you don't have a lot of mechanical experience and you aren't sure of your basic skills, brakes are not the place to start.
Evan Kaio
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Wellington
'91 UZZ31

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Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 08:02 pm, by:  Evan Kaio (Knave) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Anthony, are you doing a brake upgrade?
Anthony Rodgers
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Victoria
V8

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Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 04:55 pm, by:  Anthony Rodgers (Anthrodge87) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

no sir, just a clean, paint, bleed and a flush.... havent got the $$$ to do any upgrades, would be great to upgrade the rotors tho....
Evan Kaio
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Wellington
'91 UZZ31

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Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 06:15 pm, by:  Evan Kaio (Knave) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Good stuff Anthony. What colour are your calipers going to be?
Anthony Rodgers
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Victoria
V8

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Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 07:02 pm, by:  Anthony Rodgers (Anthrodge87) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thinking of going just a plain silver i think, not too sure what other colour would look good on a green soarer, the guy who owned it before me had red calipers on the rears and fugly rusty brown on the fronts (not actual rust...just...NASTY brown)

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