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  1. Brake OH 03

    by , 30-06-2011 at 11:27 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)
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    Once again, time to clean the parts… So much brake dust and the grease was already dried out that the cleaner fluid immediately got dirty…




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    During the Health Check, informed the owner that the master cyl looked to be leaking.

    And yes indeed, it was leaking quite a lot…




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    Updated 01-07-2011 at 01:28 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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  2. Brake OH 02

    by , 29-06-2011 at 11:14 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


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    Again, some of the pads were seized inside the bracket.


    At the Rear, not only the Inner pads were seized to the bracket but also installed upside down that the wear indicator was at the lower side when it should be at the upper side.


    I will keep the orientation as it is although it is wrong as it will affect the brake performance after the service for a while if I swap ...
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  3. Brake OH 01

    by , 28-06-2011 at 11:45 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Moving on to the Brake overhaul process and already having fun with this…..



    Although it was not seized (yet), the grease at most of the slider pins was already dried out and no longer soft resulting in very heavy calliper movement.





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    Some of the dust boots over the piston were not installed properly and causing excessive rust inside….

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  4. Brake OH 03

    by , 23-05-2011 at 09:25 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)
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    As NSX has built-in parking brake adjuster inside the piston, there are lots of extra parts involved for the Rear calliper OH process.





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    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 ...
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