Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

It is time consuming and could waste lots of brake fluid if the master cyl was completely dry prior to bleeding process.


Therefore, I prefer bench bleeding the master cyl before the installation.

You need to first pour some fluid in the reservoir and then tap on the cyl body many times from different angle as well as tilting the body in a specific angle.


If you have ever ...

Updated 27-05-2011 at 01:13 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: master cyl, pressure bleed

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Brake

Has been very busy this week with the other project so couldn’t spend much time on this NSX.

While working on the brake area, noticed that lots and lots of clips holding the plastic wheel arch inner trim were missing.


In fact, at the Rear left, almost all of them were missing.


Luckily, I had aftermarket spare ones so installed them on ...

Updated 27-05-2011 at 01:12 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: bench bleed, master cyl

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Brake

Torque for each fittings and bolts were checked using small digital torque wrench.


Even for a low mileage and fairly new NSX, some of the bolts and nuts were already corroded and seized.


Quite often, you will see bolt head seared off at the rear brake hose bracket.

On this NSX, as you can see from the amount of the rust, the left side one was already ...

Tags: digital torque wrench, seared bolt

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Brake

In the process of reinstalling the brake calliper and bracket with the new brake hose from Goodridge.

As mentioned to other owners who took my brake service in the past, I always apply thin coat of silicone grease around each fittings and pipes to delay the future corrosion as much as possible.


This will include the bleeder screw at the calliper as well.


Because ...

Tags: brake hose, goodridge

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Brake

As NSX has built-in parking brake adjuster inside the piston, there are lots of extra parts involved for the Rear calliper OH process.

In the process of installing the adjuster mechanism.


Again, very important to check the smooth operation of the piston.


All four callipers and brackets are ready to be re-installed ...

Tags: calliper overhaul

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Brake