[rebel-builders] Brake caliper orientation

[Ken]

You have to be able to bleed the air out. I only remember a choice of 4
positions but FWIW they fill from the bottom easily in the rear position
without any trapped air. I used a cheap oil can that has a plastic
outlet hose. With the nozzle/tip cut off, the hose slipped over the
bottom fitting.
Ken

Jesse Jenks wrote:

The JDM axle brake combo allows for 8 different positions of the caliper in relation to the axle with 45 degrees between each. The Manual, and every picture of a Rebel I've seen, shows the calipers pointing aft. Has anyone tried a different position? I was thinking 45 deg. up from straight aft, or 10:30 on the clock if you were looking at the left wheel from the wingtip. That would get it out of the rocks a bit more.
Thanks
Jesse
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[Jesse Jenks]

Thanks Ken,
The axles have 4 holes, but the brackets that hold the calipers have 8. I tried different positions and it is possible to get 8 positions. Thanks for fill-from-the-bottom tip. It looks like in the 3 point attitude it should bleed about equally from the 9:00 or 10:30 position.
Jesse

Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:08:51 -0500
From: klehman@albedo.net
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Brake caliper orientation

You have to be able to bleed the air out. I only remember a choice of 4
positions but FWIW they fill from the bottom easily in the rear position
without any trapped air. I used a cheap oil can that has a plastic
outlet hose. With the nozzle/tip cut off, the hose slipped over the
bottom fitting.
Ken

Jesse Jenks wrote:

The JDM axle brake combo allows for 8 different positions of the caliper in relation to the axle with 45 degrees between each. The Manual, and every picture of a Rebel I've seen, shows the calipers pointing aft. Has anyone tried a different position? I was thinking 45 deg. up from straight aft, or 10:30 on the clock if you were looking at the left wheel from the wingtip. That would get it out of the rocks a bit more.
Thanks
Jesse
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