And now onto the main event...
What I thought would be just a couple of days work actually took a while longer, but I still managed to get it done in the week I'd set myself.
No debating which way round these blades go - the wheels are handed with the sides shown on the casting
Complete with original OEM locking nuts/tool;
More bits of exhaust falling off just from taking the wheels off
Managed to get it all off in one piece though, in less than 15 mins - impact guns FTW!
This snapped as soon was it was laid on the deck, though;
Seen better days;
Anyway, clean up the old flanges properly;
New crush rings in place;
Bolted up;
And with Lisa's help, the new (second hand) exhaust was hung back in place and all bolted up ready to go
and then onto the brakes;
Hmmm, yep those have been sat for a while!
Pads needed hammering to get them out of the carriers
Discs must have been pretty new when it was parked up, because they had virtually no lip. The pads were well worn though, so new Pagid ones went on - some good news looking at the cross-referenced parts list is these should be available for a good long time!
Surface of the discs were cleaned up with a file/emery paper as needed.
Drivers rear caliper was a right muffin to wind back, the piston was seized and even buying a 'pukka' wind back tool didn't help
I was at the point of giving in and that a new one would be the only way (which I didn't have the time to buy and fit) before it suddenly it gave way.
Lisa gave the calipers and carriers a nice smartening up after everything was back together;
The handbrake clevis pins were seized but I managed to get them out by 'abuse by mole grip' and fitted new ones that I ordered from Honda.
Fronts were a whole lot more straight forward, came apart ok and hardly any wear on the pads so they were just brushed down, cleaned, refitted and painted;
It was a good job I'd decided to change the fluid - this was what the reservoir looked like after the brakes had been drained
Fortunately all caught by the reservoir strainer though, so that was taken out and cleaned up;
New fluid in, brakes bled, handbrake set up and adjusted ok, wheels on... Finished about 11pm on Saturday night, with the MOT booked for 10am Sunday morning!
This was a good start early on in the test
And this was the overall result!
) it was good strong concentration but very, very old, smelled bad and was going a bit 'thick'.
