Brembo Conversion
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RE: Brembo Conversion
ORIGINAL: blueflht
just did a quick search on ebay. complete front end take offs brakes rotors switches and master cyl. 359!
just did a quick search on ebay. complete front end take offs brakes rotors switches and master cyl. 359!
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That sounds like the same dealer I did business with. \\; You can make offers for less $. \\; Also, you \\;do not need the switch housings that are included in the kit.
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RE: Brembo Conversion
never occurred to me to change to the brembos. you forum guys \\;are costing me a fortune!!!
 \\;just when i think i got her done these threads come along! THANX!!
 \\;just when i think i got her done these threads come along! THANX!!
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RE: Brembo Conversion
ORIGINAL: blueflht
never occurred to me to change to the brembos. you forum guys \\;\\\\\\;are costing me a fortune!!! \\;\\\\\\;just when i think i got her done these threads come along! THANX!!
never occurred to me to change to the brembos. you forum guys \\;\\\\\\;are costing me a fortune!!!
 \\;\\\\\\;just when i think i got her done these threads come along! THANX!!
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IMO, this is one of those investments that will yield huge returns!
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RE: Brembo Conversion
wvultra looking forward to your write up. I am in the process of converting my 00 flht over to the brembos also. In case it helps anyone with a "older" bike like mine, i'll mention some important things to consider. I got my parts,calipers, rotors, and master cylander online from the same dealer. I did not receive the banjo/bleeder bolt's though. Instead there was rubber plugs.
 \\;\\\\\\; I went to the dealer who had to special order them.Turns out they are back ordered till October \\;\\\\\\;! \\;\\\\\\; \\;\\\\ \\; I did find the chrome kit with bolts and bleeders at another dealer so if you get the $359 deal ask them for the bolts and yes you can get them for cheaper .
 \\;\\\\\\;the 08 mastercylander mounted up fine with my 00 switch housing, I used a russell steel braided brake line kit designed for 00's through 06's. The only other issue i had is the brembo's have a shorter upper caliper mounting bolt than my 00 although the bottom bolts are the same. No big deal as the dealer had 2 \\;\\\\\\;00 lower bolts which work fine for the upper 08 calipers. I should have them bled tomorow and will post up my experiences.
 \\;\\\\\\; I went to the dealer who had to special order them.Turns out they are back ordered till October \\;\\\\\\;! \\;\\\\\\; \\;\\\\ \\; I did find the chrome kit with bolts and bleeders at another dealer so if you get the $359 deal ask them for the bolts and yes you can get them for cheaper .
 \\;\\\\\\;the 08 mastercylander mounted up fine with my 00 switch housing, I used a russell steel braided brake line kit designed for 00's through 06's. The only other issue i had is the brembo's have a shorter upper caliper mounting bolt than my 00 although the bottom bolts are the same. No big deal as the dealer had 2 \\;\\\\\\;00 lower bolts which work fine for the upper 08 calipers. I should have them bled tomorow and will post up my experiences.
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RE: Brembo Conversion
ORIGINAL: hogkrazy
wvultra looking forward to your write up. I am in the process of converting my 00 flht over to the brembos also. In case it helps anyone with a "older" bike like mine, i'll mention some important things to consider. I got my parts,calipers, rotors, and master cylander online from the same dealer. I did not receive the banjo/bleeder bolt's though. Instead there was rubber plugs.
 \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I went to the dealer who had to special order them.Turns out they are back ordered till October \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;! \\;\\\\ \\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I did find the chrome kit with bolts and bleeders at another dealer so if you get the $359 deal ask them for the bolts and yes you can get them for cheaper .
 \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;the 08 mastercylander mounted up fine with my 00 switch housing, I used a russell steel braided brake line kit designed for 00's through 06's. The only other issue i had is the brembo's have a shorter upper caliper mounting bolt than my 00 although the bottom bolts are the same. No big deal as the dealer had 2 \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;00 lower bolts which work fine for the upper 08 calipers. I should have them bled tomorow and will post up my experiences.
wvultra looking forward to your write up. I am in the process of converting my 00 flht over to the brembos also. In case it helps anyone with a "older" bike like mine, i'll mention some important things to consider. I got my parts,calipers, rotors, and master cylander online from the same dealer. I did not receive the banjo/bleeder bolt's though. Instead there was rubber plugs.
 \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I went to the dealer who had to special order them.Turns out they are back ordered till October \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;! \\;\\\\ \\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I did find the chrome kit with bolts and bleeders at another dealer so if you get the $359 deal ask them for the bolts and yes you can get them for cheaper .
 \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;the 08 mastercylander mounted up fine with my 00 switch housing, I used a russell steel braided brake line kit designed for 00's through 06's. The only other issue i had is the brembo's have a shorter upper caliper mounting bolt than my 00 although the bottom bolts are the same. No big deal as the dealer had 2 \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;00 lower bolts which work fine for the upper 08 calipers. I should have them bled tomorow and will post up my experiences.
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I already had the '07 Diamondback braided brake line and it worked fine\\; although the '08 banjo bolts were a bit snug going through the brake line ends. \\; It appears the '08 banjo bolts for the m/c and calipers are ~.025-.030 larger when measuring with a dial caliper. \\; Have a friend here that's attempting to find an '08 front brake line to actually measure the id of the line ends vs. that of an older line. \\; Could have been the chrome plating on the DB line and the chrome banjo bolts that was making it a tight fit. \\; I think the '08 banjo bolts are naturally a tighter fit and that's why they use the brass washers vs the old metal/rubber ones.
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Yes the '08 calipers use two #44160-00 mounting bolts (each) which are the same size as the lower mounting bolts on earlier years.
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Good luck and let us know how your's turn out.
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RE: Brembo Conversion
WVULTRA,
Did this conversion on my '02 3 months back. \\; GREAT!! \\; One thing though, you HAVE to use '08 parts for everthing when it comes to the \\;master cylinder, calipers and rotors. \\; The banjo bolt that holds the brake line to the M/C is definitely different from previous years. \\; I tried using my old one and trashed out the '08 M/C. \\; Am using the Lyndall pads and love them too. \\; Would also go for the S/S lines won't have to worry about changing later and they look good! \\; Oh yea, make sure you depress the brake lever as called out when removing and relacing the M/C. \\; I trashed the rubber seal on the brake switch and ended up replacing that too. \\; Also got away from the Dot 5 which I didn't care for.
Did this conversion on my '02 3 months back. \\; GREAT!! \\; One thing though, you HAVE to use '08 parts for everthing when it comes to the \\;master cylinder, calipers and rotors. \\; The banjo bolt that holds the brake line to the M/C is definitely different from previous years. \\; I tried using my old one and trashed out the '08 M/C. \\; Am using the Lyndall pads and love them too. \\; Would also go for the S/S lines won't have to worry about changing later and they look good! \\; Oh yea, make sure you depress the brake lever as called out when removing and relacing the M/C. \\; I trashed the rubber seal on the brake switch and ended up replacing that too. \\; Also got away from the Dot 5 which I didn't care for.
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RE: Brembo Conversion
ORIGINAL: marvincbr
Wouldn't the older(07) master cylinder work with the newer (08) calipers and rotors?
Wouldn't the older(07) master cylinder work with the newer (08) calipers and rotors?
Yes it will.
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But you have to wonder if there was no need for an updated m/c why would the penny-pinching MoCo replace it?
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