subieadam

Unit probably needs to be bled.

 

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Agreed

Yeah Portland has seen a few nice days so far this spring, but it's been a little slow to really warm up. Oh well, it's only March! Once it gets really nice I'll be painting the JDM bumpers, folding mirrors, spats, and the flush door trims I just got the other day. Some of these parts I've had sitting around for two years, can't wait to be done.

 

You'll have to give us details on your OB project!

Since you have JDM bumpers, are you looking to get rid of the the US LGT bumpers? I am looking for some for the OB.

where on the pad would i do that?

Do you ever notice on new brake pads how they have the leading edge that is angled down. That leading edge is called a chamfer, and that allows the pad to reduce grabbing and squeeking. So basically you can use sand paper to make the leading edge chamfered again. If you google how to chamfer brake pads im sure you will find a tutorial somewhere about it. It is very easy.

Also why you are at it, you can remove the backing plates on the brake pads and apply some brake quiet lube and put the plates back on. When chamfering the pads you can also use a flat surface to sand the face of the pads to to remove any glazing or uneven brake wear to get a solid flat pad against the rotor surface.

Yeah that would be great, let me know when you have them off. Is there really any difference between the WRX and OB knuckles?

The WRX knuckles bold right up, the only difference is the rear of the knuckle where the axle slips in. The WRX axle has a different shape to it and will only slide into a WRX knuckle. The Legacy axle wont fit properly inside the WRX knuckle. I will post up some photos in another thread explaining the difference.

In my excitement I bought the rears instead of the fronts. Oh well, lol. Now I'll have them for later.

Let me know if you need rear knuckles for disk brake setup. I am installing wrx knuckles in the rear so my 97 OB knuckles will be up for sale soon.

my right rear pads just started the death squeal, my shits falling apart

Possible you can just chamfer the pads to get rid of the squeel, unless the pads are below 3mm.

I know, sorry to thread jack lol, I am going to start a build post and tell you all about it!

This weekend ill sit down and start uploading all of the photos and walk through all the steps sofar.

There are a few photos in my googe plus photo album that I linked there.

I am going super wide, and the plan was to cut up and weld some wrx fender sections over the front wheel arches to make it wider. I will use 04 wrx fenders because they are pretty big flares. But this is for the future, for now I will roll them until the metal starts cracking lol.

I am turning the OB into a drift car. Already bought complete drivetrain from a 05 LGT, and I am building the N/A ej25 with high compression pistons, cams etc...

RWD conversion spool from PPG, and many more mods. I should have the engine back from the machine shop in a cple weeks and I will start posting build photos.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos?pid=5960638317213758482&oid=106373211503338640403

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos?pid=5960638355929206674&oid=106373211503338640403

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos?pid=5960638424577086306&oid=106373211503338640403

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos?pid=5960638314853619970&oid=106373211503338640403

How ironic Cameron lol.

Hows thing been up there in WA? Weathers getting nice and warm here again in NorCal.

Going out to Sonoma raceway tonight for the Wednesday night drifts. OH and BTW, the OB I just did the brake upgrade on is going under the knife yet again.

Hi mailman,

yes i installed them, and sorry for not updating anyone. I will create a post of my own showing the process, but to sum it up. Sofar the Centric calipers have worked out great, and no issues. Its possible Cameron had just had a fluke with that one caliper.

I definitely felt a big difference in the braking.