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Mick

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Well i was all set to paint my calipers but i just couldnt bring my self to do it, i mean i just dont wana do the quick cover job on them, when i goto do something i always make sure i do it right the first time, a little example is once i got pissed off with the wires hanging down too far in my kingswood so instead of just stickin my hands under there and using a few cable ties i ended up stripping the whole interior and i ripped the entire wiring loom out of the whole car and i made a new loom from scratch for the whole car and i bound it with this rubber tape that bonds to itself so its like the loom is rubber coated and i made the loom that neat that every plug was in an inch of what it was suposed to be connected to, and i even drew up a complete wiring schematic ...... took quite a while, but the end job was worth it ..

Anyways gettin back on topic, Is there a way i can take the calipers off without having to bleed them when i put them back on ?

cos i wana spray the whole caliper and not just the bits showing .. the reason i dont wana have to bleed them is because im at home by myself, so it would be impossibe to get them operational by myself ..... I was thinking, what if i left the lines connected and just unbolted the caliper and stuck a peice of wood in betweenas i slide it off .. that way i should be able to spray the whole caliper.. and i also wana spray the disc hub as well, so if i could do it this way is it easy to get the disc off ?

the fronts look like they will just slip off once the caliper is removed but the back looks like it may be a little involved cos of the handbrake cable ..

Any help or thougts on this would be apreciated ...

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dude, you will probably be able to get the front off, we did on my mums commo before we changed the brake pads, but I guess you will have to make sure they dont close on you, otherwise you will be getting the crow bar out to force them apart :D

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Dude, sorry I can't answer your q directly, as I have absolutely no idea. However I was just thinking if you are worried about bleeding the brakes by yourself, I thought that it was possible to get a valve for bleeding your brakes that is non return, so you can do 'em by yourself:) Just thought it might be a bit easier than dicking around. Please post up your results, with any tips for people attempting this as I am planning on having a go at the calipers myself pretty soon.

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Really, really nice job there. How did you prep them? What sort of paints did you use and how did you finish them? I have been thinking about doing the same, but haven't tried anything like that before so any tips would be great

As for the valve, I beleive they are available from most auto shops. I just remebered a way that a mate said he did it too, although it was a long time back so I'm not sure if I have it exactly straight (and he was a bit of a bush mechanic). He said it was possible by running a thin plastic tube of the bleed into a plastic container as it pumped out the air and if it sucked back it only got fluid. Sounds about right to me - 'spose you could always experiment on a mates first:p

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