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

Started opening the calipers and had to inform the owner that I will need extra days.


Even for the late production model close to 2005, if the caliper service was neglected, there is very little chance of surviving without the rust getting inside the caliper.
This is especially true for UK based NSX even for the ones kept inside the nice beautiful garage.
For some reason, caliper overhaul is not included in the standard Honda service schedule on all Honda models ...

Tags: brake caliper, brake calliper, brake piston, caliper oh, caliper piston, piston

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Brake

New coolant hoses and cramps installed at the centre floor section and at the front compartment under the bonnet.




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Tags: brake caliper, caliper oh, caliper overhaul, cooling system, koyo rad

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Cooling , Brake , Parts

I thought it's going to be an easy life this week since I won't be working on another NSX until next week.
Then, something came to my mind and suddenly I found myself placing the order for the front brake disc/pad and started disassembling the calipers....
My boss was not impressed at all as it's her birthday very soon and we were supposed to be doing some shopping.....


Moving on.....


Ideally, I wanted to send the caliper and bracket to Bigg ...

Tags: brake caliper, caliper oh, caliper overhaul, disc, ebc, pad

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Brake

that things just don’t go as planned.....



Whenever I work on the brake or inside the wheel arch, I normally
power wash the area before starting the service.
However, for this NSX, the paintwork, wheel, tyre and wheel arch looked
very clean even after the test driving session so decided not to wash it.

Bad idea.


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Tags: bleeder plug, brake caliper, caliper, cooling sys, piston

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Cooling , Brake

I just didn’t feel comfortable re-using the heavily corroded
brake banjo bolt and bleeder plug at the rear calipers so
decided to replace them.







Looks much ...

Tags: banjo bolt, bleeder plug, brake bleeding, brake caliper

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