Miks15
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 03:39 PM |
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checking brake calipers
Ive changed the seals on my front brake calipers, and i also had to drill out and re tap one calipers bleed nipple.
I want to just check theyll still work properly before i out them on the car. Is gthere anyway to do this?
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mookaloid
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 04:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
had to drill out and re tap one calipers bleed nipple.
how did you make sure that you drilled and tapped perfectly centrally? if it is even slightly off then the nipple might not seal properly and cause a
leak 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Miks15
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 04:52 PM |
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hence why i want to check it
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iscmatt
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 05:02 PM |
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wouldn't bleeding them soon find any leaks, you could connect the hoses and just g-clamp the callipers or just fit them on and try bleeding, if
theres a leak they wont bleed properly
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dhutch
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 05:16 PM |
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Fit them and test them on the car....!
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Miks15
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 05:30 PM |
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i dont have all my hoses and stuff yet, and if there ot right then il buy some E46 brakes (vented discs and my hubs are E46, current brakes are E36
and have to be spaced to fit)
So dont want to get my hoses and everything to find they dont work and i need new calipers discs and hoses, might just get the bigger calipers and
discs anyway, not that expensive
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 06:11 PM |
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Without hoses and hydraulic pressure you cant really test them, cheaply.
I'm guessing someone has a machine somewhere, but would be cheaper to get some old hoses and rig them up somehow.
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Miks15
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 07:36 PM |
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i snipped my old hoses when stripping the Beemer
I think im just going to go with a newer set of calipers to go with my hubs, that way i get vented discs aswell!
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Steve G
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| posted on 18/12/09 at 08:15 PM |
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Do you really need vented disks? They are a fair bit heavier and you arent likely to need the extra cooling capacity of the vented disks on a
lightweight kit.
I'd be tempted to get a hose from a breakers and go straight off the master cylinder to the caliper in order to pressure test it.
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/12/09 at 10:49 AM |
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one way to connect air line, then a bit of water with washing up liquid applied to the nipple area will show up leaks as bubbles.
you'd need to put a block of wodd between the pistons to stop them popping out.
ofcourse an airline won't reach same sort of pressure hydraulics do but if it leaks, then you know you need to reassesss the sssituation.
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