On 22/02/2018 6:19 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
> critcher > wrote:
>
>>> That's the problem with the internet - the blind leading the blind!
>> so you are still on about tyres and nuts, jesus who do you work for ?
>> kwikfit !!!!
>
> Last night I did all six brake sets (12 pads/shoes) on a German car:
> http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/fronts.jpg
>
> The fronts mic'd greater than 0.800 inches so I kept the rotors.
> http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/front_rotors.jpg
>
> But the rears were below 0.7200 inches & they were edge lipped:
> http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/resurface.jpg
>
> You never know if a rotor will be below thickness specification until you
> measure it, so since I didn't have a new set of rotors, I decided to try
> the redneck methods of truing them up, just for the learning experience.
> http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/drums.jpg
>
> One nice thing about doing all your own mechanical work on a car is you
> find stuff like this busted brake line, which you won't know if a mechanic
> will find because they don't spend the time to look around that you might.
> http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/22/brakeline.jpg
>
I'd be putting money on you being the cause of that little faux pas!

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