After I broke off a second banjo bolt, trying to get the new copper washers
to seat, I upgraded to the later model rear brakes, besides the wheel
cylinders are easier on the pocketbook.
-Drew '62 Sprite
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Samaroo [SMTP:mrbugeye@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 9:58 AM
To: millerls@ado13.com; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Brakes And Other Things
Hi Larry,
There should be a copper washer on each side of the banjo
fitting.
Sometimes the new copper is too hard to crush and seal properly. I
heat
the washers with a torch until they glow and change color. This
anneals
and makes them less brittle so that they seal better. I also do this
every time I am reusing an old washer. As far as the Frontline kit
you
are on your own.
Regards,
Peter S.
>From: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
>To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Brakes And Other Things
>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:31:18 -0800
>Reply-To: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
>
>Really just venting... Finally got around to putting in fluid and
trying to
>bleed the brakes on the new Bugeye. No Joy yet. Both rebuilt
calipers
leaked
>around the pistons. Mini Mania is replacing them. The newly sleeved
master
>cylinder has a leak somewhere. The rear banjo connections to the
wheel
>cylinders have seepage. All parts and I do mean all, are new.
>
>Oh well. I will try again when I get the calipers back.
>
>On another subject, and this is kind of funny. I have the Frontline
shock
>conversion kit on the front and just got around to trying to
install
the
>rubber bumpers under the shock arms. Jacked up the suspension,
installed the
>bumper, let the jack down, and the bumper falls to the floor. The
part
that
>goes through the hole was sliced off cleanly. This was a new
bumper.
Went
>and got an old one and tried again. Now when I let the jack down,
it
just
>pushes the bumper out of the hole. Tried again with different
new/old
ones
>and the same thing. The problem appears to be that the contact
plate on
the
>upper arm is at the same angle as the arm. On the lever shock this
plate is
>higher on one side then the other and hits the bumper in such a way
as
to
>push it flat against the mount. The Frontline pushes it outward and
it
just
>pops out of the hole.
>
>This car is really resisting efforts to get on the road.
>
>Larry Miller "I started out with nothing...I still have most of it"
>60 Bugeye
>59 Bugeye
>78 911 SC (Faster than a Bugeye but not as much fun)
>Home Page http://www.ado13.com
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