Archive for May, 2004

ER #3 (My Autocross #5)

May 6, 2004 at 5:24pm · Filed under Daily Activities, Automotive

Damn you Tiem. You achieved both my goals…lol. I didn’t even accomplish one of them.

By class:
Last place! (or 5th :-p)

Normalized results:
57 out of 81.

I’m really wishing the timer didn’t mess up for my last run and we used that time instead. The rerun was not worth it — tires hot, hand still shaking…ah. next time….at least I feel I’m improving.

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Brakes

May 5, 2004 at 11:31am · Filed under Automotive

More thanks to Will and John for coming over to help me out last night. I’ll get you guys the Sake I promised.

Notes:

  • Hex bolts are drastically easier to remove than Phillip’s head screws for rotor holding
  • PB Blaster is great stuff for loosening frozen rotors and bolts
  • A breaker bar combined with a dead blow hammer makes for a great “manual” air impact wrench
  • Remember to look through repair manual so you can get necessary hardware instead of finding ways to not remove a part so you can avoid reusing a fastener

It was a very straight forward job with only one rotor that gave me a really hard time. I ended up using a finishing hammer on it. Hope the wheel bearing is still ok.

There was lots and lots of brake fade(?)/soft pedal feel when I was breaking it in on 190. 10 stops from 60 to 5mph makes for great stink in car — just like the ITR pad break in.

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