[Healeys] Ford versus Ferrari

[Alan Seigrist]

as long as you are removing the brake pads and not the calipers, no need
bleed anything.  Honestly with some practice on the BJ8, with a full pit
crew, you could probably remove and replace the rotors and pads in 5 min or
less if assemblies were ready.


On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 2:43 AM jim via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Changing "rotors" ..Changing "pads" ...Changing "calipers" ...Not
> equivalent
>
>  the ONLY time I need to open the fluid lines is when I have to change
> "calipers"
>
> All the caliper change directions I have seen advise to prefill/pre bleed
> caliper before fitting
>
> Heat? ...Use a CO2 extinguisher (you do have a current certified one in
> your shop) ...I do
>
> change pads .. c clamp to press piston back into caliper (use a large
> screwdriver/pry bar if you are changing pads/rotors)
> fluid will flow back into reservoir ...If you don't want the crud from the
> caliper back into the system, crack the bleeder valve..
> ditto for changing rotors
>
> Remove 2 pins to change pads//remove 2 bolts to change rotors/pads
>
> suspend "caliper" from ? to avoid kinking/twisting flex line
>
> remove/replace rotors ..
>
> remove/replace pads ..
>
> Piece o' cake (go to Les Schwab and watch how they do it)
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, December 13, 2019, 5:01:27 PM UTC, Bob Spidell <
> bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> I wondered that myself.   Maybe some sort of check valve on the brake
> lines and pre-filled calipers, allowing bleeding with just a couple quick
> pumps on the brake pedal?
>
> Of course, it was a movie, so maybe it was the figment of some screenpaly
> writer's imagination?
>
> Bob
>
> On 12/13/2019 7:01 AM, Linwood Rose via Healeys wrote:
>
> For those who saw the movie "Ford versus Ferrari." On the Phil Remington
> quick change rotor/caliper assembly, how do they avoid having to bleed the
> brakes?
> Just curious.
>
> Lin
>
>
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