Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Ok so I bribed the fiance to give me Sat to myself to work on the truck (she calls it my mistress) amd sunday I would bring her to ScreamFest (in Oct they turn an amusment park into a haunted amusment part, change some of the coasters around, have poeple in costume, etc) She agreed so I set off to get my truck's brakes done. I layed out all the parts and tools and WTF?!?!? the hoses I ordered were drop shipped and they were the wrong ones! I had asked BEEBANI a few times which to get and he said the rears from a 97 D21. I called Advance auto parts, Autozone, Robbins... everyone Of course being a Sat the local shops that have EVERYTHING closed at noon, and by the time I got to this point it was 12:10.... nobody had one in stock. advance said they didnt even have an option to order them. Robbins it was special order and they wouldnt even know the time frame till Monday... Autozone could but it would be till wed (I had already started taking some of the parts off by this point) Ok so I thought I will just bring my orifinal brake line and my caliper and say i have A here and B here how do I get from A to b??? First was Autozone.... and theat was frustrating. the guy kept suggesting a hard line... Well what happens if I tirn the wheel???? He obviousely didnt know what he was talking about so across the street to Advance. The kid there was very helpful and looked up several nissan and foreign cars to see what we could get to be about the same length and size connectos. They couldnt order the 97, but could get the 91, and get it next day before 9 am! So I ordered that and crossed my fingers and went on to the rest of the build. I dod notice while I had everything off, my frivers side busing on my suspension looked like it was negected for way too long, I have to look into replacing that soon. Beebani's brakets worked out great! bolted tight on with no trouble at all, everything fit great and now I think it eliminated some of my issues with my brakes! Pics to come. Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Here is the braket bolted up. Again went on super easy. Please excuse the mess, someone who ownded this before me over greased everything and as you can see it made a mess, More isnt always better, I am planning on replacing all the boots and seals soon. And the rotor on Yes I went with drilled and slotted, I dont plan on using the truck to race or anything, its just for looks and I dont think the slots and so on add too much but they look nice and maybe they help keep the dust down. And the caliper on... I do plan on repainting the calipers Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Here was the one fitment issue.... The pads i bought had the metal fingers on the bottom to tell you when they are worn too low... The backs are fine but the fronts hit the rotor center... I just put it in a vice and took a hacksaw to it and done, fit fine. Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 I guess I should add one with the wheels on too.... Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 And as a final recap, I finished everything up including the master cylinder and rolled it out of the garage sat evening, had friends over for pizza, brews/wine, and watched Ronin, got to bet around 3, and got up by 8 to get ready and get to the auto parts store to get the hoses.... they worked! Ok so it may not be ideal the nipple was a few threads longer and I snugged it down the best I could. we had to leave bu 2 in the afternoon (as i promised we would be there when they opened at 3) so I was more worried about getting it done, I bled the system with the help of my landlord (an awesome guy who has been building cars since he was 12, hes like 70 now and has all sorts of pictures of old t-bucket hot rods and stuff hes done, he has 2 old mazda pick up projects that look sweet but he hasnt had them on the road for years.) any-who, back on topic. Bled the syste, took her for a spin, brakes felt great and it didnt pull to the left anymore! YAY! I brought her home, checked for any leaks or weeping and said it was good to go... Went to Screamfest, had fun, came home, looked her over again. and called it a night. I drove her to work today and so far am very happy with it. thanks a lot BEEBANI! Im looking forward to getting the rear kit any day now! Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Lookn Good Man!!! :D Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Thanks! Hoping my back starts feeling better after working on this compounded with the roller coasters! if only I had the money and perhaps more importantly the time to just do everything all at once! it is definitly coming along. Still want to find a 280zx 5 speed for it. I may wait tillt he spring to POR more of it and repaint it (keeping the original color) I just dont want to rush and do the job sub par, i would much rather have the time and bring it down to bare metap, prep and POR the parts that I know will be subjected to more rust causers, and then repaint it all. I will probably do the rears in a week or so. Beebani said he was sending out my rear brackets, and the calipers and everything should be here any day. Quote Link to comment
southern620 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Your setup lools good man. I have the same brackets and calipers. What master cylender did you go with? Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 it was the 280ZX from I think 78-81 but im not 100% had vertical mounting tabs so it bolted right on! Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 i lucked out on the MC and the calipers, got the MC from a ratsun member for a lot less than I was finding on ebay or anything, and calipers I picked up when I was in cupertino for work last time, $40 for the pair pulled from a guy's 300zx he was parting out (old project). The trouble i have is all the junkyards up here you cant find any Datsuns and few of the older nissians, damn New England rust.... Quote Link to comment
southern620 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Ya that is a good deal. I gave 180 for my calipers lol. Where did you get the disks? Quote Link to comment
Radiant-Designer Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 The rotors? I got them froma guy in MA that makes them. he did a set of Porche 944 Turbos for one of my beetle projects. I forget what i paid for these, i think it was like $70 for the set (splurged a little) i think he sells them on ebay too. Quote Link to comment
southern620 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 That's a heck of a price as well. I thank about the cheapest I've found to a set like you have are like 150 for the set. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Looks good. Straight line stopping is underrated :lol: Reminds me I need to bleed mine.... Quote Link to comment
southern620 Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Ok I thank I have an issue. What bolts did you use to mount the rotors to the brackets? I way over paid for the ones from Nissan that are for the 300zx calipers and there is large amount of gap between the where the bolt bottoms out and the head of the bolt. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
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