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1972 Chevrolet Corvette Braided Brake Lines
We attached the included braided brake lines to the brake-line bracketwith the new horseshoe clips. Then, we screwed the stainless-line flarefitting into the braided brake-line end.		 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Front Caliper
This is one of our front-brake calipers. You can identify the left andright by the bleeder-valve location. When installed, the bleeder shouldbe pointing up, not toward the ground.		 1972 Chevrolet Corvette New Pads
We positioned the new pads, returned the pins to their locked position,and secured them with the clips. Make sure to install the brake padswith the low- pad-warning indicators on the inside and the pad with noindicators on the outside.
1972 Chevrolet Corvette Pads
Here are the pads with the warning indicators. Notice that SSBC uses Green Stuff EBC pads in this brake kit. These are considered some of the best performing brakes available today.		 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Measuring
SSBC gave us a few things to check. We measured the distance from thebackside of the brake rotor to the outside surface of the caliperbracket on both the driver and passenger sides to make sure the bracketswere not bent.		 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Mounting Bolts
SSBC provided new caliper-mounting bolts for the installation. SSBC'stechnical department told us the centering of the caliper could vary upto 0.010 inch with no effect on performance. We used a set of feelergauges to set the distance between the brake pads and rotor surfaces oneach side. Torque each caliper-mounting bolt to 50 lb-ft.
1972 Chevrolet Corvette Connecting
Connecting our braided brake lines will complete the front brakeinstallation. To secure the front brake lines, place a copper washer onboth sides of the banjo fitting and secure with the banjo bolt (torquebolt to 12 lb-ft). Make sure there is no twist in the brake line. Thebanjo should fit against the caliper without twisting the line. You canremove line twist by adjusting the connection at the line-mountingbracket. Tighten the fitting on the caliper first. Use a wrench to holdthe braided-line fitting in place at the mounting bracket and tightenthe flair fitting on the hard line until tight.		 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Round Outlets Brake
Our rear brake installation almost follows the same procedure as thefront. When our trailing arms arrived from Van Steel, our rotors werealready mounted along with new stainless steel parking-brake hardware.		 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Parking Brake Cable
In order to adjust our parking brake, we had to connect theparking-brake cable. Our offset trailing arms have relocatedparking-brake-cable mounting points.
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