I didn’t even see it until your reply!!!!Yeah...
Uh huh...
Oh.
<whew>
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I didn’t even see it until your reply!!!!Yeah...
Uh huh...
Oh.
<whew>
clamping either front wheel will end in a better pedal
I’ll probably try to find some SS hoses
A 20-ton press would flex and pop when knocking the old studs out. Did a nice job of putting the new ones back in, though.When I put the new rotors I hammered with a brass drift from the back, but several wouldn’t seat completely and used a stud installer on the face. Could be my impact didn’t have enough torque, but there is no perceivable movement whatsoever.
Absolutely, the caliper will spread some. If the caliper is designed properly, they don't spread so much as to genuinely sabotage braking, though.I wonder what you would find if you put a set of dial calipers across the brake caliper (back to front) and then stood on the brake. Would you find that the caliper body "spreads" when heavily applied? If so, that would help explain a soft(er) pedal.
The SS/Teflon- (PTFE-) liner hose is pretty-much the gold standard for flex hose. I still think the big improvement is not from the SS/Teflon hose, but because a decades-old hose is being replaced with "new". The old hose probably has weak fabric reinforcement, and the new hose is still performing at it's peak.You'll find a better pedal when you put SS lines on both front AND rear. @Schurkey and I both noticed, independently, that installing only the front two didn't make as much difference as installing them all around.