Big shout out for Godspeed brakes. I've been meaning to refurb all the seals etc. On the brembos for a while now, and suddenly had a brainwave to do them while the car was off road anyway. Thought I was pushing my luck trying to get them now, but Godspeed had them on the shelf, sent them out this afternoon and dpd are delivering tomorrow. I did try alyn at asp first, but he's out of stock on the front seals till new year. Now I just need to try and not strip any threads when I take them off.

Good luck with that. :doh: :doh:

Yeah maybe. Anybody know where I might be able to get a helicoil or several done, local to Medway and probably over the Christmas period? I've looked at kits but they're quite expensive and it might only get used once.

Preparation, do similar to this and leave it

source http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2185784 on page 2

Mine came off fine... it's luck of the draw though really!

We put new bolts on with "anti--seize" copper grease when putting them back on. Hopefully that'll mean they're okay next time they come off too.

Well I've got the carb cleaner and a few hammers, I've already been using wd40 on all the nuts and bolts under the car whenever I'm doing anything, just in case they need to come off. And everything gets copper greased before it goes back. I'll get the carb cleaner out tomorrow and give a whack (literally). Thanks for the tips.

Well I went out this morning and gave the bolts a spray with the carb cleaner and a gentle tap. Just went out to see if I could crack them or if they needed more coercion, and voila all 8 bolts cracked easily with minimum force. They look like they've been copper greased before which is awesome. I haven't got time to drop the fluid and take the callipers off now as I'm off out, but I go a happy man. Hopefully the rest of the strip down goes just as swimmingly. Merry Christmas, and thanks for the tips.

That's a result :ok:

Happy days

Without wishing to be doom and gloom, the first crack as you say is the easy part, the difficult bit is getting the bolts out..

Be careful when removing them as they can tighten up as you are unwinding the bolts, which is due to the bolts being about 3mm longer than they need to be.

With luck you will not have the same problems as me, fingers crossed.. :doubleup:

Fingers can now be uncrossed. All four callipers are off and in the garage, along with the front discs so I can clean up the centres and the dust guards. The rears can wait now that I've run out of light. Now I can spend my festive evenings cleaning and rebuilding callipers.

Good stuff

It's a Christmas miracle!

Glad it went well. As I said, mine were fine, which was a real surprise given how many other bolts had behaved on the car!!

Sounds exactly like mine. My drop links, arb brackets and exhaust bolts were all absolute pigs.

Result, I wish I had your luck...

I have made it common practise to get the grinder out and ready before attacking any nuts & bolts on my Scoob! I work with nuts and bolts as my job, it would seem they upset me in my hobby as much as they do at work, my neighbours know how much I hate dealing with them on the car too... Oops!

Good to know what tips people use when removing brembos as i will be removing mine next year at some point .

So wheels are back, looking spot on.
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All sealed with gtechniq c5, and back on the car. Went for a little drive, and thankfully no abs problems to report. Pedal is a little soft though, needs another bleeding session I think. Just need a new set of centre caps now. I've been searching for so long that I think I'm going to have to knock up some copies with the gel stickers off eBay.

Inspraytion wheel refurbishers
 

Theres a specific method for Subaru brake bleed so I have read, and personally I'd always get it done at a garage where they can put it on their machines under the correct pressure

Wheel in pic looks nice! Don't go kurbing them now (easier said than done)

It's the other half I'm worried about. I followed the sequence advised by Subaru, but apparently they are notorious for trapped air. I'll give it another try tomorrow with the two man method, if not the brother inlaw has a kit so I'll borrow that.

That wheel colour looks spot on and I look forward to see some pictures of them on the car :ok:

Who did your wheels in the end?

Went to lepsons in the end mate. Done a grand job, but that's what I was expecting.

looks a great job on the wheel/s , good news on the abs ring too:drive: