"Bandit" (2bandit)
01/15/2015 at 22:32 • Filed to: Bandit racing
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
01/15/2015 at 22:32 • Filed to: Bandit racing | 7
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The brake system was in such worse shape than I thought. I had to entirely rebuild almost the entire thing... Without any new parts or money. Two pistons were completely stuck in the caliper - it took a punch to get them out. Awesomely the old seals were perfect. Thank god for the maintenance staff allowing me to use their machine shop, parts, and knowledge. The calipers were completely disassembled, cylinders honed, and the pistons were set back into proper shape. I reran the brake lines, deglazed the two pads and rotor, and put new fluid in throughout (had a new 3 year old bottle lying around). This horrible failure of brakes has to have been why the kart crashed three years ago. Yes I know the pads are upside down in one picture... Learned that one the hard way.
scoob
> Bandit
01/15/2015 at 22:57 |
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Obligatory:
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> Bandit
01/15/2015 at 23:00 |
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I'd like to see how well it stops now. Hopefully a lot better than before.