Saga continues...
Spoke to the guys who sold me the piston. They assure me that the seals are 'square cut' so it doesn't matter which way around it goes in. This means that I must have nicked the seal, so I ordered a re-con caliper...
Caliper arrives, I put it on, bleed everything, get the wheel back on take it off the axle stands, find that I've overtightened the bearing nut . Loosen it off... jack it up... take wheel off... borrow 200lbft torque wrench... remove caliper and slider to allow bearings to free-up again... find slider spacer and de-dion ear have been damaged by the pad that parted company... order replacements from CC... wait for them to arrive... remove bearing from old DD ear whilst being careful not to damage speedo sensor attached to bearing... file down new spacer to same depth as old one (was .6mm thicker) ... remove DD ear and put on new one... attach bearing to new ear and ear to axle... attach hub and torque correctly to 200ftlb...attach caliper slider... attach caliper... note that brake fluid is weeping ever so slowly from bleed screw threads of new caliper ... try PTFE tape on threads to no effect ... call supplier who says it has been pressure tested and he's happy for me to tighten it further even though I'm concerned I'll strip the threads... strip threads from bore of bleed screw ... supplier sending me another caliper FOC, won't arrive til at least Tuesday
What next?!!
Edited by - charlie_pank on 28 Jul 2012 11:52:10