Or fitting the new front brake set up to the car. Original plan for the day was to do the first reconnaissance for this year’s edition of our annual Nachtrit. But as we were nearing the start of the route my navigator got a phone call that prompted us to return home. Which left me with an unplanned free Saturday afternoon. And as the weather was perfect for some outdoor spannering I got the tools out!
I decided to start on the brakes, and the discs and callipers in particular, as that would make it much easier to get rid of the brake fluid in a controlled way! All went pretty smoothly and in no time at all the first calliper and disc/hub assembly was removed from the car. I had mentally prepared for some problems with separating the disc and spacer from the hub. But I needn’t have worried. All bolts came of fairly easy! Fitting the new discs to the spacers was carried out in the same way. A large Allen key for the bolts with a sturdy screwdriver inserted in the disc’s venting channels for extra leverage. But not before some measurements were taken from the spacers to have a second set made for the ’76 FHC 😋
I decided to start on the brakes, and the discs and callipers in particular, as that would make it much easier to get rid of the brake fluid in a controlled way! All went pretty smoothly and in no time at all the first calliper and disc/hub assembly was removed from the car. I had mentally prepared for some problems with separating the disc and spacer from the hub. But I needn’t have worried. All bolts came of fairly easy! Fitting the new discs to the spacers was carried out in the same way. A large Allen key for the bolts with a sturdy screwdriver inserted in the disc’s venting channels for extra leverage. But not before some measurements were taken from the spacers to have a second set made for the ’76 FHC 😋
With the disc/hub combo re-assembled it was rather straight forward to fit it back on the car. But I took my time to inspect and adjust the bearings correctly. Especially as I packed the bearings with a little extra grease to replace some of the old grease.
Time to fit the new callipers. Pretty straight forward too. Until I torqued down the two mounting bolts to the correct setting. This locked the wheel hub solid. B****r! A close inspection revealed that the mounting lugs of the new M16 callipers are slightly narrower when compared with the Até callipers that came of the car. This results in the callipers standing out a little, causing the callipers to touch the wheel hub, and locking it in place. The fact that the new callipers have a much reduced chamfer doesn’t help here either. A trip to my local brake specialist will be on the agenda somewhere next week! Sure to be continued. And hopefully soon as the car cannot be driven …
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