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New Brakes -- Hooray for stopping power!

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by slackard, Aug 6, 2014.

  1. slackard

    slackard Active Member

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    Just finished a rebuild of the MC and caliper on my xj650j. Also installed new stainless lines, new rotor & pads and new drum shoes out back.

    I was slightly nervous that I fooged the bleed job, since a was pulling a lot of air past the original bleed nipple threads on the initial fill. Once I swapped in the speed bleeder I was able to pump most or all of the air out.

    Versus my old brakes, I believe I've probably cut my stopping distances at least in half. Now it kinda feels like the old brakes weren't very safe :p

    As always, thanks to chacal for making sure I got the right parts.

    Anyone need used but good condition stock brake rotor? :)
     
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