Took a break from reconstructing the cheap 750F3 engine I picked up to assemble my dual front brake setup on my K8.
I sourced rotors from Godffery, and all the rest of the parts from forum members over the past few months.
I made sure all the small work was done and parts gathered before this point. All new bolts(bolt depot)/shim washers, calipers and arms painted, new slave pad springs, caliper seals, brake pads, speed bleeders, hard and braided lines, new Master Cylinder, speedo drive plate modified, rotor/hub bolts ground for clearance...everything painted.
First, I mocked up the caliper arms. Arms only, nothing else.
I only wanted them eyeball close to vertical, and washer shimmed as needed. Bolts just snug.
With both sides done, I let out the B-pad adjuster springs so the arms were just inboard of where i thought the rotors would track, and mounted my (tireless)front.
At this point i could see with a straight edge if my rotor faces matched the caliper arm face, adjusting the B-pad spring and adding washers to shim as needed.
With the caliper piston fully retracted for ease of install, I was able to install the front and back pad housings, and get them tightened with an allen wrench. Definitely some finger calisthenics there working inside the spokes.
PITA with my fat fingers
From here, I was able to use the B-pad adjustment screw to bring the B-pad into feeler range of the rotor.
As i hadnt hung my front end from the ceiling, i had my wife come out and lay over the back seat so i could spin the front and check for any binding. I was 1 turn of the adjuster screw on each side off . pretty pleased i was so close. fk yeah!
Speed Bleeders and hard lines installed. Hard lines for both sides needed some gentle persuasion to shape to what I needed.
All in all it took under 2 hours.
I'm able to easily remove the front rim with the removal of the 2 large caliper bolts and pad housings from each caliper.
Once the mounted tire comes back, I'll get it on and bleed the brakes, one side at a time.
