Hi all!
Recently my Punto was in for the warranty brake recall... fair doos, 350 quids worth of work I didnt have to pay for! Recently though, I had the brake warning light come on intermittently when driving, so I had a look around and found a leak from the union on the rear drivers side brake cylinder. I set about sorting the problem by getting the right union nut spanner and a bleed kit... so it was off with the wheel, off with the bleed nipple, off with the union, blasted everything with brake cleaner to get rid of any dirt that might have been preventing a good connection, dialed it all back up and bled the system... feels great now and no leaks. All well and good you say?
Not quite... the leaking hydraulic fluid I think must have contaminated the brake shoes on that side as I get a grinding kind of noise coming from that side under braking. While I had the wheel off I tried to remove the drum to have a look see, but I was slightly bamboozled by size of spanner to use on the drum locating studs... In the Haynes manual theres a pic of a dude removing them with a 12mm spanner... lies!!! Mine wasn't 12mm!! or 11, or 13! Either mine are different (imperial or some such), My el cheapo set of sockets are total garbage, or I am in fact a total dork!
Whats my way forward? Can anyone say for sure what size they are and ill go and buy a decent socket? Would a decent adjustable spanner do the trick or is that likely to round it? If I do round it and have to resort to crazy means to get the things out where can I get new ones!!!
Any and all help appreciated from you fiat folk!
Chris
Recently my Punto was in for the warranty brake recall... fair doos, 350 quids worth of work I didnt have to pay for! Recently though, I had the brake warning light come on intermittently when driving, so I had a look around and found a leak from the union on the rear drivers side brake cylinder. I set about sorting the problem by getting the right union nut spanner and a bleed kit... so it was off with the wheel, off with the bleed nipple, off with the union, blasted everything with brake cleaner to get rid of any dirt that might have been preventing a good connection, dialed it all back up and bled the system... feels great now and no leaks. All well and good you say?
Not quite... the leaking hydraulic fluid I think must have contaminated the brake shoes on that side as I get a grinding kind of noise coming from that side under braking. While I had the wheel off I tried to remove the drum to have a look see, but I was slightly bamboozled by size of spanner to use on the drum locating studs... In the Haynes manual theres a pic of a dude removing them with a 12mm spanner... lies!!! Mine wasn't 12mm!! or 11, or 13! Either mine are different (imperial or some such), My el cheapo set of sockets are total garbage, or I am in fact a total dork!
Whats my way forward? Can anyone say for sure what size they are and ill go and buy a decent socket? Would a decent adjustable spanner do the trick or is that likely to round it? If I do round it and have to resort to crazy means to get the things out where can I get new ones!!!
Any and all help appreciated from you fiat folk!
Chris