The Black Beauty

[graham John]

thanks for the comments lads,
going to have a go at the new brakes tonight now that the disc / hub locking tabs arrived today, pics (as usual) to follow


cheeRS

[fast eddie]

lovley graham,looks full on!!!!!!!!

[graham John]

lovley graham,looks full on!!!!!!!!

thanks Ed,
managed to do one side of the brakes last night, hopefully the other side this evening


cheeRS

[RStu]

thanks Ed,
managed to do one side of the brakes last night, hopefully the other side this evening


cheeRS

not getting done while your still on here

[graham John]

not getting done while your still on here

true

come up and buy some princess 4 pots c/w discs

cheeRS

[RStu]

true

come up and buy some princess 4 pots c/w discs

cheeRS

hmm that is tempting, as I was going to go with willwood,

[graham John]

hmm that is tempting, as I was going to go with willwood,

complete with pads and new pipes (copper) and new braided hoses, and have been machined to eliminate the crossover pipe




cheeRS

[graham John]

just built up the bells, disc's, calipers and hubs and the associated bracketry on the strut and have now fitted the new Brakes.

Very easy and straight forward - must get some new grease caps though..........







now to fit the new minilites and post some pics up

cheeRS

[191964]

Whos been wacking your TRE and taken the blue paint off ?
Arnt they suppossed to be green

Looking good Graham

[Frosticles]

I want to see those spanking Minilites on.

[wozzy]

very nice

[graham John]

I want to see those spanking Minilites on.

you missing them, Kev ?



cheeRS

[paul andrews]

very nice work mr john,wont be long now by the looks of it.how did the a.p's fit?mine where a right pain and as normal with after market brakes needed spacers fitted every bloody where again

[graham John]

very nice work mr john,wont be long now by the looks of it.how did the a.p's fit?mine where a right pain and as normal with after market brakes needed spacers fitted every bloody where again

hi paul,
unbelievably i removed all the old brakes / disc's(admittedly the car was on stands and everything was 'fresh') and fitted the new ones in under two hours, everything was absolutely spot on with the fit and aligned perfectly, saying that it did come with a bespoke fixing kit specifically for the MK 2 escort












need to connect the new brake lines (today hopefully) and bleed the system,



cheeRS

[Dave1800BDA]

another box to tick when done,

good feeling when the brakes are all done, sense of satisfaction