I give up. After several attempts my ground up custom brake kit for the RallyMiata is leaking less, but leaking still.
I need a shop who can fix the several leaky spots, mostly flare connections. Might need to remake a few lines. And will need a proper bleed since apparently I'm too impatient to do that too.
The car is very stripped down, non-op and I don't want a lot of crap about it, so I need a custom/racer friendly shop. Near Huntington Beach and the sooner the better.
Suggestions? I'd take a private citizen's garage too if someone is up for the task.
Jay W
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Re: Shop to fix my race brakes
Have you tried flare savers (copper flare washers) if tightening it just doesn't work? Mesa hose has them in most sizes.
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Re: Shop to fix my race brakes
I'm sure I could handle it... But not until the week of the 18th
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Are these for flares or for AN fittings (Bill mentioned over the weekend). I've yet to have an AN problem, but I haven't exactly put a lot of pressure on the system yet either.Anthony Porta wrote:Have you tried flare savers (copper flare washers) if tightening it just doesn't work? Mesa hose has them in most sizes.
I just dropped the poor thing off at a shop this morning. It looks mostly like an american shop, but they didn't seem put out. We'll see how it goes.
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yeah. for AN although I dint know if they made them for other things. I had a bad set of lines that came with my kit initially and that caused lots of headaches until I figured it out.
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The shop I used seemed to get it figured out pretty quickly. They told me they just snugged everything up. I was tightening things up, but it started to get that "stripping" feeling. Mike E brought up a good point that what I was feeling was probably the copper compressing.
They bled and it appears to be strong. I find drips here and there, but that might just be residual from previous leak. Pedal and hand brake are solid.
I threw them a bone by ordering up a header back exhaust. 1.6L of Fury.
Wish me luck. Going straight into the biggest RallyX of the year untested after a nearly complete strip down and build up.
Jay W
They bled and it appears to be strong. I find drips here and there, but that might just be residual from previous leak. Pedal and hand brake are solid.
I threw them a bone by ordering up a header back exhaust. 1.6L of Fury.
Wish me luck. Going straight into the biggest RallyX of the year untested after a nearly complete strip down and build up.
Jay W