Todays progress
15 May 2005, 05:54 PM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Todays progress - FINISHED
Finally got around to doing my calipers this afternoon. They were more corroded than i first thought too. To say they were tight was understatement too! Which is where we came across our first problem! The head of the bolts had as good as rounded off by the time they were off, which means no car tomorrow! 
Then when we had struggled and eventually got the pads out they were no good too! The inner pad on both calipers had worn right down to the metal, but the outer one was fine. So once the bolts and pads were out i went round the caliper with a wire brush then a wire wheel attached to a power drill. I wire brushed and heamery clothed the caliper pins down as there was quite a bad build up of rust on them. The calipers were then given a blast over with the compressor 
. Then they were given a coating of celulose followed by the Hammerite.
We never got round to doing the rears, theyll have to wait. When i do the rears ill also go over the Subaru lettering on the fronts with black Hammerite too.
Then when we had struggled and eventually got the pads out they were no good too! The inner pad on both calipers had worn right down to the metal, but the outer one was fine. So once the bolts and pads were out i went round the caliper with a wire brush then a wire wheel attached to a power drill. I wire brushed and heamery clothed the caliper pins down as there was quite a bad build up of rust on them. The calipers were then given a blast over with the compressor . Then they were given a coating of celulose followed by the Hammerite.We never got round to doing the rears, theyll have to wait. When i do the rears ill also go over the Subaru lettering on the fronts with black Hammerite too.
Last edited by 16vmarc; 21 May 2005 at 06:37 PM. Reason: Work now finished
16 May 2005, 07:41 PM
#2
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Got some new pads, £110 
and four new bolts, £7 Calipers back on and painted the hub while the wheels were off.
More pics:
and four new bolts, £7 Calipers back on and painted the hub while the wheels were off.More pics:
Last edited by 16vmarc; 16 May 2005 at 07:44 PM.
21 May 2005, 06:36 PM
#5
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Rears done now too:
The old bolts were badly rusted and the heads rounded off on the front calipers. Not a good picture but heres the state of them:
The old bolts were badly rusted and the heads rounded off on the front calipers. Not a good picture but heres the state of them:
21 May 2005, 08:44 PM
#6
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,161
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thats my next job. had the paint for a few weeks now but to lazy to do it.
As I said b4 our cars looks the same with similar mods. shame we live so far apart cuz you could help me out
As I said b4 our cars looks the same with similar mods. shame we live so far apart cuz you could help me out
Trending Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post