How to Do a Brake Job on Your C3 Corvette
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This tutorial was so helpful!! Thank you for taking the time to make it. Doing a brake job on my C2 and it seems to apply the exact same!
Excellent video, thanks for all the information including the torque specs
excellent video. need more videos like this
It's a good presentation video but it would have been more helpful you could have shown more close-ups on what you were doing
Very good video. My question is if your run-out is out of spec. what do you do to correct to bring back into spec? Also, what run-out gauge are you using. Again excellent video!! Thank you Mike
How u adjust the brake handle
How do I know if my rotors need to be replaced? they"look" ok, don't seem to be warped. But they do look like yours around the outer edges. I do not know if they were previously cut. I replaced the calipers and some of the brake lines except for the one from the front to the rear. I also didn't replace the rear crossover one but I did replace the front crossover one, all around 1999. I did not replace the rear connecting blocks or the proportioning valve. I intend to replace all of the lines soon, including the front-to-rear and both crossover lines. I'd like to replace both rear connecting blocks, are they welded in place or held in by clips? And will I be able all I want to do without lifting the body off? Because I am unable to do that. I'm 72 yo and still enjoy working on my gray lady. Thanking you in advance, Nicky .. ps, I will be replacing the proportioning valve.
I am super upset that your shop is gone up in Swartz Creek😢 what the hell man! Will it ever be a Corvette shop again in the future???
Did the C3 '73 have an ABS braking system or even a portioning valve system because of all wheel disk brakes? A lurker novice what's to know. Were the calipers and rotors a shared component with other vehicles at the time?
In the video you torque the caliper mounting bolts to 50 ftlb. My shop manual says 70 ftlb. 78' Corvette. Is 50 the spec for the year car you are working on or is there another reason to do 50 and not 70?
My front caliper seems to be sucking in air after a rebuild. I keep getting air and it's spongy. But it isn't leaking fluid!! Is this possible?
My project C3 came in parts and I’m putting it together. Are there any crush washers on the rear brake lines?
A drop of oil on the caliper bolts? I understand the reason for doing so , but wouldnt you want to loctite those bolts? Any new OEM vehicle ive worked on has some serious loctite on those bolts. Any reasoning for using oil over loctite? thanks!
It is obvious to me that this job was pre-done, and reassembled for the video. That is fine but you should tell use. There are so many pit falls and difficulties that should be warned about. If your really trying to help a novice owner he should know all the dangers of rounded off bleeders, broken hard lines, seized bolt, etc, etc. Good info, just the same.
I agree, theres no way after sitting for 10 years and the sheer age of the car that the bolts broke loose with ease. Im doing my 77 vette now and just about ever bolt and line was seized on, luckily I knew this would be the case and had bought all new lines and hardware prior to starting the job. So with a can of PB blaster, breaker bars, a torch and some patience( I dont recommend torching brake lines) I was able to get everything off the car. Well done video just the same. Question though: when bench bleeding the new master cylinder, do I keep pushing until there are no bubbles at all?
yup, after no bubbles do like 1 more minute just to be sure