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Garwood56
Member Since: 24 Jun 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 414
  
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| Changing brake pads and discs question |
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Hi all. I am going to replace front and rear discs and pads plus parking brake shoes. Question is can I do all this without a Gap or equivalent tool. Thanks in advance
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 6th Sep 2021 10:54 am |
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Kilovolt
Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
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You can do it without a tool.
Download "Bodsy's Brake Bible Version 1.6a - LATEST VERSION".
https://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4184
Everything in the bible will guide you through it.
Good luck  "Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything 
Track Days: BMW E36 M3 Evolution MY 1996 (3.2 Litre 377 BHP sat in 1,250 Kgs of car, with a pro safety cage and some serious braking power)
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| 6th Sep 2021 10:57 am |
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Garwood56
Member Since: 24 Jun 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 414
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Excellent 👍
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| 6th Sep 2021 11:07 am |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
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You can do it without IID or similar for bleeding as long as as you don’t let the fluid level in the tank go too low so air enters the brake system from above. So top up often. Easier when two persons are doing it.
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| 6th Sep 2021 4:37 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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He is changing the discs, pads and shoes not the fluid, more likely to overflow the brake reservoir when he pushes the pistons back than causing an air lock.
If the fluid level is high before you start put some rags under the reservoir to catch any possible spillage, BRAKE FLUID IS AN EXCELLENT PAINT STRIPPER! It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 6th Sep 2021 6:03 pm |
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ronald.soak
Member Since: 29 Apr 2008
Location: London
Posts: 516
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Better to put a transparent tube, ideally one fitted with a non return valve, on the caliper bleed nipple and then open the nipple.
Forcing brake fluid back to the cylinder risks turning the piston seal inside out with a subsequent loss of brake function.
John
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| 7th Sep 2021 10:57 pm |
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Garwood56
Member Since: 24 Jun 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 414
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Thanks to all, no fluid change, it’s nice and clear so just changing the hardware👍
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| 8th Sep 2021 9:55 am |
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