Re: [St] New front calipers

[JES_VFR <jes_vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:04 PM 7/19/2008, you wrote:
> Hey Dan,
>
> Since youre replacing the calipers and not the master cylinder it will be
> interesting to see if the spongey lever problem is solved. Rembering that the
> second part of the problem experienced is the fact air gets into the 
> system and
> was generally thought to be the master cylinder.
>
> I will end up doing this myself as I'm starting to get a bit tired of having
> to clean and bleed the system every 5k kms. But its always good to 
> compare the
> experience of others.
>
> Brett.

I have a side question here, Brett. If you think that the MC is to 
blame for allowing air into the hydraulic system, then why do you 
keep cleaning, lubing and rebleeding the calipers?
Your comment "Remembering that the second part of the problem 
experienced is the fact air gets into the system and was generally 
thought to be the master cylinder." makes any servicing of the 
calipers seem wrong.
I mean wrong from the waste of time wrong like doing erectile tissue 
repair on a patient that really needs quadruple bypass surgery.

If the problem really was the MC then all the folks that are doing 
the 'Busa and other brake caliper upgrades would still be complaining 
about their brakes. But I can't remember seeing any of those sort of 
posts, since I got here last year.
Also there really is no way that the MC could case the caliper 
pistons to stick in the bores, unless the MC was not releasing properly.
This would not manifest as a spongy feeling lever, it would manifest 
as a rock hard lever and dragging/smoking/glazed brakes.



JohnS
A Dragon Ascending
"Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"

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