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Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background

Brake OH, DR shaft, etc 06

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Now the big dramaÂ….

The brake overhaulÂ…..

Although the owner applied some sort of rust inhibitor coating, I'm afraid it was applied too late.

Only the FR brake pipe fitting was sort of OK but remaining three were all seized especially the FL one.

Even the FR fitting had so much corrosion at the thread and I just hope I can apply enough torque when installing the new brake hose.

After spending some time with the Acetone/ATF mixture, managed to release the RR and RL one but
further inspection at the FL side revealed that not only the fitting seized to the pipe body itself,
there was severe corrosion on the exposed pipe area that it was waiting to get puncture.


















At the end, I had no option but to cut the pipe and due to the length of the pipe corrosion, there was not enough length left to re-use the pipe by creating new flare.

Already contacted Japan and replacement pipe is going to be sent out in a few days.

I could have used joint union with copper pipe to create extention but I prefer staying with the hard steel line than the soft copper one
especially if the owner is going to keep the car for years.

Just so glad that the OEM brake line is still available.

It's a complicated routing so I must remove everything such as blower motor, battery, battery holder tray, spare wheel guard, etc before the installation.

Time consuming but has to be done as it's brake system so no one can compromise.















OEM brake hose fittings were so corroded that it was waiting to start leaking.

The rust already chewed into the outerlayer and even with OEM stanadard, sooner or later, it will start leaking.....

If it happened while at high speed driving......














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