Goingn to install my stoptech brakes myself. Does nayone have any advice or is it pretty straight forward? what is the best prcedure for bleeding. Fire away with any advice. Thanks Ed

 

The install is pretty straighforward. I think you have to cut the brake sheilds off so make sure you have the proper tools to do this with.
I actually had to install mine at Texas World Speedway as I blew out the stock brakes and the car was stranded at the track. Got the front 13inch kit from SPL in 3 days and went back, installed them at the track and drove home!
For bleeding them I used speedbleeders and ATE blue fluid.

 

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What's the bump for? The Stoptech manual and Nissan FSM are all you need.

 

+1, just follow the Stoptech manual which is very detailed. I did and had no problems.

 

guess im just wondering about the bleeding of the brakes.

 

Once you get them on start bleeding from the passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front and driver front. If you have the ST40's you have two bleeder valves. I think you do the outside one first and then the inside one if I remember right..

 

i see that in the directions but how do you actually do it. pumping the pedal? or some kind of bleed bottle? Sorry if its a newbie question but have to learn somehow

 

Actually I installed my 14-inch kit last september and the manual has an error in it that almost caused me to strip out one of the caliper brackets. There are a few other small errors in the manual -- I got past them all but it was confusing and since I'm not a seasoned mechanic it caused some doubt during the install.

I don't remember the specific errors, ... but if you want maybe I can review the manual and remember some of them. I meant to send an email to the stoptech guys so they could fix it but I never did.

It took me 3 nights to install front and rear (using a lift), but again, I'm not a mechanic so everything took longer than normal.

 

Best to do it with a bud. Get your friend to pump the brake pedal about 5 times and tell him or her to hold it down and do not let up. You in the meanwhile open the bleed valve slowly. You will feel air come out dont look too close. Tighten the valve up again then tell your friend to pump again. Do it until you see brake fluid come out and no more air. Remember to check the reservoir after every 3 bleeds or you will suck air into the system again then you will have to start over again.

 

Along with that is goodto have some sort of hose and container to pump the fluid into.

 

yeah, just get some of the plastic aquarium air hose and a jar. Push the hose onto the bleeder valve and the other end in the jar, that way you can see if air is still coming out into the fluid. Just bleed them in the right sequence and pump the way z2g has stated, and you'll be fine. The rest of the brake job is super easy, it's just bolting up and torqueing to the correct specs. The hardest part is probably cutting the rear dust shields.

 

For bleeding the brakes, do yourself a favor and get one of those bottles with a hose attached, like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CDOC-...QQcmdZViewItem

The one I got has a magnet on the side so you can stick it up against the rotor or inside fender, which helps a lot. Definitely get a buddy too.. for the whole install.

 

Tips:

1. Buy a breaker bar to remove the OEM caliper bolts.

2. As stated above, buy some aquarium air tubing to drain the brake fluid, cleanly, when bleeding the brakes

3. Buy some tin snips and a metal file @ Home Depot to cut and shave the dust shields.

4. Have a friend help you bleed the brakes(2-man method)

5. Buy a green brillo pad to clean the rotors, out of the box.



$19.95 to my paypal

 

How to Bleed Brakes – The Right Way

 

option: instead of cutting /bending the front brake dust covers you can actually remove them quite easily, they are sandwiched on by the wheel hub. thats just four bolts and its comes off.

rear is a little harder, but if you hit the weld seams with a wedge/chisel it'll pop off clean and then use a metal shear to cut the rest off.

also the last step on the stoptech manual is left off. they forgot to add:

Drink a cold beer, and smile at your massive brakes.

 

Did you finally get the Stoptech BBK from ebay or someone else?

Richard

RichchiM3@aol.com

 

When you put the caliper bracket on make sure its seated all the way down, also make sure there is fluid in the res at all times while your bleeding them. Take your time it took me 5 hours with a lunch break and a trip or two to Lowe's
Good Luck