May. 26, 2007 - Season prep
This past weekend was spent preparing my car for the new season. I had some brake issues to work out, namely installing new speed bleeders. When I did the brake upgrade a little over a year ago I got a set of Russell speed bleeders. They were junk, one ended up stripping (had to use vise-grips to get it off), and another I simply could not use because it would not seal at all. So I put on a set of Speed Bleeders brand bleeders, and they work perfectly. Since I had the car in the air and the wheels off I investigated the (lack of) wear on my rear rotors. it turns out that a couple of the sliders on the rear calipers are frozen, so only the inside of the rear rotors are wearing properly. Unfortunately that will have to wait, but at least the rears will still lock under hard braking, so I'm not too worried. I also did an oil change on both the bike and the Civic. And when I was home yesterday I put my summer tires back on. We'll see how well they perform, since last season the grip was fading because two are bald and the other two are not far behind. New tires have been ordered, but will not be in on time for this Sunday's solo. In any case it will feel good to beat the piss out of my car again.
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