Brake Refurb -some Q's

[james]

Chaps

Im in the midst of a brake refurb - disks, pads, hoses.

Reading the elisenet.com how to on stainless brake hose replacement it says to use http://www.permabond.com/ to hold the front caliper retaining bolts.

Is this stricktly necessary? I have done brake reassembly before on other cars and its never been mentioned?

Also - is it worth replacing the cheap little extra bits like the pad retainig pins, anti rattle shims, nipples etc. Or am I being too fussy (I did wash the inside of my wheels yesterday which might answer that one.)

Thanks in advance.

[Shug]

I thought the permabond was more for the alloy uprights on S1s...

Not sure with the S2 TBH - for what it's worth, I've never used it.

[mckeann]

If you buy it from eliseparts you get the wee fiddly bits included:

http://www.eliseparts.com/products.php?product=500

[Sanjøy]

Worth searching the archives, I did my front callipers a year or so ago using the Elise parts kit.

[ironside]

Using Permabond A131 is both to stop galvanic corrosion between differing metals (steel bolts into ally upright on the S1 like Shug says) and to use as threadlock.
It's a good idea to use it. You can get it from http://www.glueline.co.uk/ and http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/ more cheaply than from Permabond's site.

[james]

Thanks guys, I had thought about using the Eliseparts refurb kit but £200 plus for 4 calipers is a bit steep and they dont leak anyway.

I'll get the permabond just to be on the safe side.