yellowcab
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| posted on 24/2/13 at 06:44 PM |
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Can I swap my rear calipers left to right?
My rear calipers have been mounted upside down, thus causing the bleed nipple to be at the bottom, and a bugger to bleed... can I not just flip them
left to right, so they're at the top - and also, will the handbrake cable still operate OK?
Car is an original 2006 MK Indy, not R, nor RR.
Sierra rear setup
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 24/2/13 at 06:55 PM |
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Yes you can, it will put them the correct way up.
There may be a reason that they are like that though, which I bet is that the handbrake cable clashes with the lower wishbone when they are the
correct way up. I had this same issue.
If you need to keep them upside down the way to bleed then is to undo the bolt in the lower slider and then rotate them around the upper slider so
they are the right way up, then make a piece of wood to fit between the pads so that the piston doesn't move when you bleed it. Once bleed just
remove wood, drop back down and put the bolt back in.
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yellowcab
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| posted on 24/2/13 at 06:58 PM |
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Cheers DDD, this is how I have been bleeding them actually lol just becomes a bit of a chore...
I feared it had something to do with the handbrake cable and routing...
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Davegtst
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| posted on 24/2/13 at 07:03 PM |
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You can but to get a decent curve on the cable it would have to be dragging on the floor.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 24/2/13 at 07:30 PM |
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This is a much more urgent priority --- looks like it has been that way for some time.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/2/13 at 08:22 PM |
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Yes you can, like I already told ya !!!!
That is truly horrible, get rid before it splits and you crash!!
I know you didn't do it as it would have been like it when you bought it
[Edited on 24/2/13 by Ben_Copeland]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 24/2/13 at 10:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by yellowcab
Cheers DDD, this is how I have been bleeding them actually lol just becomes a bit of a chore...
I feared it had something to do with the handbrake cable and routing...
Chore? how often do you need to bleed the brakes? once a year to change the fluid should be enough.
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Grimsdale
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| posted on 25/2/13 at 08:23 AM |
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the calipers are designed to run on the top of the wheel, not on the side. changing sides will not work.
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iank
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| posted on 25/2/13 at 08:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
This is a much more urgent priority --- looks like it has been that way for some time.
How the hell did that get through SVA/IVA?
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 1/3/13 at 02:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Grimsdale
the calipers are designed to run on the top of the wheel, not on the side. changing sides will not work.
Works for everybody else !
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yellowcab
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| posted on 1/3/13 at 07:41 PM |
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Hence my hesitation Ben... the handbrake cable will drag along the floor!
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