Originally posted by blefevre
View Post
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Colorado general chat...
Collapse
This is a sticky topic.
X
X
-
Originally posted by blefevre View PostFor those that haven't seen. Guten road trip stopping in Colorado.
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=217883
Originally posted by blefevre View PostThat's fine, I will get all the free stuff then :)
Comment
-
I'll echo the rebuild vs. reman'd sentiment.
I just replaced the e30 m3 front calipers I had w/ reman'd. they were like $60-ish a side or something vs. 20ish for the rebuild kit (just the rubber rings).
I tried to rebuild it first and found
a.) the piston was rusted so that would've had to be replaced
b.) the seats for the seals were rusted so the caliper was toast anyways.
So cost to rebuild eclipsed reman'd cost easily.
My only issue was the brass guide bushings from the old calipers wouldn't fit into the reman'd ones so I had to use the rubber crap that came on them
Comment
-
Originally posted by Roland H View PostYeah, the only thing that left me desiring more with the reman-ed E30 calipers was that the bleed-screws seemed loose. Nothing a good tap couldn't fix with a finer thread-pitch bleed-screw though.
- E30, DSM, Golf R, Mazda 3 Skyactiv
Comment
-
Originally posted by blefevre View PostAnd with new calipers, lines, hard lines, clutch line, slave cylinder, I FINALLY don't have low brake fluid every other week!
but your car did need pretty much everything else we did to it.
Comment
-
so what would cause my brakes to take a while to build up? For example I brake hard, nice soft pedal car slows perfectly, but if I release and depress again quickly my brakes get very hard.
It has always been like this and my mechanic friend said the cam shaft's larger overlap could change the amount of vacuum in the engine meaning it takes longer to build back up. I am looking into a leak in the line from the vacuum on the head to the brake booster, what do you guys think?318iS Track Rat :nice: www.drive4corners.com
'86 325iX 3.1 Stroker Turbo '86 S38B36 325
No one makes this car anymore. The government won't allow them, normal people won't buy them. So it's up to us: the freaks, the weirdos, the informed. To buy them, to appreciate them, and most importantly, to drive them.
Comment
-
Originally posted by downforce22 View Postso what would cause my brakes to take a while to build up? For example I brake hard, nice soft pedal car slows perfectly, but if I release and depress again quickly my brakes get very hard.
It has always been like this and my mechanic friend said the cam shaft's larger overlap could change the amount of vacuum in the engine meaning it takes longer to build back up. I am looking into a leak in the line from the vacuum on the head to the brake booster, what do you guys think?
Comment
-
Originally posted by Roland H View PostI don't know about you, but all of my cars have cams...
Comment
Comment