sand4ever Posted November 23, 2005 Report Posted November 23, 2005 OK so I had my brake calipers chromed and now it is down to the wire. Thursday we leave for winchester bay to ride and I cannot get the brake calipers to stop leaking. I purchased steel braided brake lines and they have aluminum washers. But since where the washers seat to the caliper is chromed they will not seat. Has anybody had this problem and how did you solve this. I am out of Ideas and have little time to get this resolved. Any help would really be great. Thanks Quote
dawarriorman Posted November 23, 2005 Report Posted November 23, 2005 Copper maybe? I know the hardware store here has nylon squares that you can punch out washers/gaskets out of. Thats worked for similar situations for me in the past. Quote
dnhyoung Posted November 23, 2005 Report Posted November 23, 2005 Never tried the nylon ones, but we always use the copper ones for the refrigeration seals that we work on Quote
sand4ever Posted November 23, 2005 Author Report Posted November 23, 2005 (edited) explain the copper washes that are for refrigeration. Are these the same as stock copper washers. Or are these different diameter? Edited November 23, 2005 by sand4ever Quote
Justintoxicated Posted November 24, 2005 Report Posted November 24, 2005 did you try lapping the hub where the washers go? Quote
sand4ever Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Posted November 24, 2005 well I got the rear to seal with the copper washers, However my front brake resevoir I had polished. When they polished the resevoir they rounded part of the seat area, thus it will not seat. So I guess I will have to have another resevoir polished and hopefully they miss this area on purpose. Thanks for the input Quote
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