Last Brake Question - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

01-08-2008, 05:28 PM

Notes for the next guy.....

1) The #10 bolt that holds the brake line bracket to the Aluminum is easy to snap, I broke one. drilling it out is out of the question as it's dissimilar metal so the drill will just walk into the Aluminum. The plan I have is to put a new one in next to it since it's not stress bearing a Stainless screw should work. (still pissed me off, it's always the dumb stuff)

2) The method of the stick on the pedal works great but I recommend removing the calipers first then using that method, otherwise the brakes are applied and that makes disassembly very tough. Almost zero loss of fluid though and the bracket should be easy enough to repair....

Paul · 01-08-2008, 05:34 PM

If you open a bleeder as I posted, the brakes are not applied.

01-08-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul

If you open a bleeder as I posted, the brakes are not applied.

did it. the brake was still on a bit, don't get me wrong i'm not complaining it worked awesome.

Paul · 01-08-2008, 05:44 PM

Great, glad it worked out for you!

What color did you paint the calipers?

01-09-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul

Great, glad it worked out for you!

What color did you paint the calipers?

Yellow with black decals, the kit was the hardest paint & brush combination I ever used. Does anyone know if I can lightly wet sand 600 or 800 on the finished paint? I'd like to improve on a few small brush marks otherwide they look pretty good.