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BromleyBoy
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Registered: 5th Apr 03
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3rd Feb 05 at 18:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

have drilled grooved discs, braided lines, 2.0 16v calipers and still lots of brake travel. it was a 1.2 8v so do i need to adjust the rear compensator for weight/load as its been lowere bout 70mm
thnaks james
Adam-D
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3rd Feb 05 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

has it all been bleeded propoerley in the right sequence?

and are the calipers the right way up?
daddysport
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3rd Feb 05 at 18:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

wot is the right sequence that u need to bleed ur brakes, im doin mine on sat?
Mistamist
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3rd Feb 05 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

1.2 8v didnt have a compensator, correct sequence is back left, front right, back right, front left.
Will94
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5th Feb 05 at 22:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well they do have compensators, totally different to the bigger engine cars tho. on the smaller corsas they're fitted into the brake pipes, cant adjust em... no need to
AdamF
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6th Feb 05 at 08:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

back left, back right, front right, front left. start furthest away from the master cylinder and work forward

BromleyBoy
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8th Feb 05 at 18:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

1.2's do have a compensator but its different from the ones on the bigger engined cars

 
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