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steve_k
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Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:48 am

......for my brake problems?

well it looks like it could be.

finally got a chance to test the brakes on my sport this morning.

at first i moved the car back & forth on the drive to make sure there were no leaks (none found) & then decided to take it round the block on the new estate/private road (the estate still ain't finished so still classed as a private road) behind mine,

glad to report that the brakes work perfectly fine, hauled the car up from 30(ish winkeye ) a cople of times, at one point just lightly tapped the brake peddle at 30mph & it came to a jolting halt.

so it looks like after all the ball/headaches t's fnally sorted, going to test them again over the next few days just to make sure.

for anyone interested the complete brake set up is made up of the following.

E9x servo & 25.5mm M/C with m12 male to m10 female adapters.
non abs.
mk2 focus st225 front calipers (ASBO's)
brass caliper guide pin bushes.
315x25 mk5 golf gt front discs (cross drilled & grooved) redrilled to 4x100.
mintex m1144 pads,

full braided steel lines to all for calipers.

rebuilt rear calipers with brass caliper guide pin bushes.
mintex m1144 pads,
drill/grooved discs.

the whole set up cost me just under £600 which i dont this is bad when you consider most 2nd hand front BBK's can cost over that,

anyway i'll try them again tomorrow & keep my fingers crossed.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
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Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:32 pm

WOW !!!
Glad you got to the bottom of this and when you go to check it all out keep your hands in your pockets !! :cool: :cool:

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Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:38 pm

Great news Steve, fingers crossed you have the same result when you try it again. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
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Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:51 pm

Well done Steve! :D
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Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:37 pm

thanks guys, fingers crossed it's still the same in the next day or so.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
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Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:08 pm

Thought you meant for the forum, I was gonna say the end has long been and gone, there’s only 5 or 6 regulars left on here now isn’t there :-D
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Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:18 pm

Great news, Stevie, have you pin pointed the actual cause of all the trouble.?
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Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:23 pm

Mitchen wrote:
Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:08 pm
Thought you meant for the forum, I was gonna say the end has long been and gone, there’s only 5 or 6 regulars left on here now isn’t there :-D
Well your still here 8O 8O

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Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:42 pm

Mitchen wrote:
Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:08 pm
Thought you meant for the forum, I was gonna say the end has long been and gone, there’s only 5 or 6 regulars left on here now isn’t there :-D
That was my first thought too.
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Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:30 am

fixedwheelnut wrote:
Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:18 pm
Great news, Stevie, have you pin pointed the actual cause of all the trouble.?
yep it was a faulty non return valve, bought a universal one & hey presto all back to how it should be.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
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Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:05 pm

steve_k wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:30 am
fixedwheelnut wrote:
Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:18 pm
Great news, Stevie, have you pin pointed the actual cause of all the trouble.?
yep it was a faulty non return valve, bought a universal one & hey presto all back to how it should be.
In the servo hose?

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Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:28 am

BenHar wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:05 pm
steve_k wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:30 am
fixedwheelnut wrote:
Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:18 pm
Great news, Stevie, have you pin pointed the actual cause of all the trouble.?
yep it was a faulty non return valve, bought a universal one & hey presto all back to how it should be.
In the servo hose?

Ben
thats the one, i used a barbed hose connector & the universal non return valve.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
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Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:04 am

well he sport is booked in for mot on friday,

so fingers crossed.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
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