AndreGT6
AndreGT6 Dork
6/29/13 10:39 p.m.

Mine is toast. Bleeder screw broke off and is frozen in there. I plan on getting it repaired but the thought of not driving in July is very upsetting.

If anyone had any spares please let me know.

Andre.

gjz30075
gjz30075 Reader
7/1/13 6:40 p.m.

Andre, PM sent.

AndreGT6
AndreGT6 Dork
7/3/13 9:47 p.m.

Still working on a Canadian source. Gjz made a very nice offer but we were both shocked at the price of shipping US to Canada.

Tonight I opened up the calliper. Rather easy but not the access I was hoping for.

At least now I can try and weaken the extractor and apply some fire.

GT6 on caster in July. Not a pretty sight.

AndreGT6
AndreGT6 Dork
7/3/13 9:48 p.m.

PS the broken bleeder with snapped off extractor.

Bob_S
Bob_S New Reader
7/3/13 10:11 p.m.

Check out Rock Auto They have 1980 brake caliper for $35. getting out a broken easy-out is no fun. I use too rebuild Caliperd & brake boosters to pay for school back in the 70's. Cheers, Bob

AndreGT6
AndreGT6 SuperDork
9/11/13 6:39 a.m.

Success.

Thank you gjz30075 for setting me up with 2 used brakes.

Two units came in the box. One a 16PB and the other a 16P.

The right hand one was able to be recovered. I removed the old fluid, dried up seals and popped out the pistons which were in good enough shape to deem this caliper will work for the summer.

After a fair bit of cleaning and work it went onto the GT6. I did use the seal from the 16PB left side caliper since my dust seals from the GT6 brake were different.

Once I screwed the hose down, added some extra fluid to the master it was time to do a pump test.

No leaks, good pressure. Tonight we do the bleed and a road test. Very exciting.

gjz30075
gjz30075 Reader
9/12/13 5:34 a.m.

Glad it worked out.!

Ian F
Ian F UltimaDork
9/13/13 3:07 p.m.

Glad to hear you'll get a few miles of driving in before the snow hits.

AndreGT6
AndreGT6 SuperDork
9/14/13 6:31 p.m.

Gee thanks. Snow ;)

Tested out good today. I still need to bleed the system to make sure all is well but felt good on the quick run I did.

AndreGT6
AndreGT6 SuperDork
9/24/13 1:46 p.m.

Update. I was looking over the brake last night while unloading from the race weekend. I think the inner seals are done. So I'm sourcing a kit locally.

Andre

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