Brake lines

I was due to repair the brakes and replace the pads, and as previously mentioned, I had a small weep from a brake line.

I decided to fit some braided stainless steel lines and new Brembo pads to see how the pedal feel changed.

It was actually easier than I thought. I removed the brake line for the calliper, fully removed the calliper to the ground and changed the pads, then place the calliper and one side of the line in place. I could then fit the new stainless line to the cars hardline from the header tank.

After doing the same job on all 4 callipers, I vented the air from the system by using a one man brake bleeding kit.

This allowed me to force new fluid through each calliper and remove the air. I used some Pagid 5.1 fluid for the job. I had some old fluid on the shelf which I used to flushed the system with. Then I used the new fluid to flush each line and fill the header tank.

So far so good, I'll grind down the wheel hub bolts tomorrow before fitting the wheels again to make sure the wheels are sitting flush against the spacers/hubs.