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Hey guys, I need your opinion/help on something.
I was doing my long awaited brake job today ( pads, rotors, bleed ). I got the drivers side done, ran into some probs with tight bolts ect but finished. I go over to the pass side and I start going for the bolts, and BAM ! i guess I was turning the caliper bolts the wrong way and stripped them. This cal needed to be replaced as the boot was torn neway. So I got a caliper rebuild coming in tomorrow and was wondering the procress to doing one.

i'm guessing I need to clamp the brake line not to loose fluid, then proceed with removing the old cal, and installing the line again, bleed and hope I dont mess up the bolts again. Does anyone have any more details to add to this to make my life a little easier ?

Thanks.

 
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any1 ?

 
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Once you have the caliper loose from the bracket, you need to undo the line. On the back of the caliper you'll see the funky way the line is attached, its kinda cool actually. Undo the bolt, you'll find that the bolt has a hole through it and the ring at the end of the line has a groove in it so fluid passes to the caliper.
Anyways... undo the bolt (14mm and take the line off. You don't have to clamp it, not much will come out, but you will get some, so have something ready to catch it. Make sure you get new sealing washers for the bolt. One goes on each side of the brake line. Then bolt it all back together on the new caliper. I don't know the torque spec, but you'll feel the washers crush into place. Pump the brakes a few times to flood the piston, then you'll need to do a FULL SYSTEM bleed. So have some fluid handy.

 
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already done thanks
and thanks for killing the other thread