And on it goes.
I decided to replace the rear pads. Got a friendly discount from Colm Quinn BMW so went for OEM pads. Old ones weren't as crusty as I feared, but still nice to have fresh ones.


While in there, I polished up the caliper slider pins applied some fresh Copper grease.


On stripping the other side, I found I was missing the spring that goes on the outside...

Not essential perhaps, but I will get one asap. Local car breakers had a similar one but it didn't fit.

I took off the rear spacers too, the back wheels just poked a shade too much for my liking. Also I felt the rear studs weren't quite threading in far enough for my liking.
With...

Without....



I stripped the fronts too, but it was just a clean up and check there, pads are fairly fresh Pagid.

While the front rims were off I took off the front spacers, and fitted the ones that had been on the rear.
Yes I am a fussy bollix.


Next task was adjusting the handbrake shoes, one side was way off. Bit trickier on a car with an LSD, harder to spin the discs to check for binding.


Aaaaaaahhh finally, time to check, drain, flush and refill the brake fluid. Took me a few minutes to find the reservoir! 😁 hidden under the RHS pollen filter housing.

I checked the moisture content with my tester pen, looks like it was a long time since it had been changed.




On the recommendation of my good mate George (Geo) in Daltons, I got him to send me some quality brake fluid.


So lots of pumping and topping up later, all good.

Looking forward to seeing how it feels after bedding in.

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