Ouch! Please suggest something less painful!

[Ascinder]

Usually you only bleed the brake system if you are getting a spongy pedal, or have opened any part of your brake system(which usually isn't done when replacing pads or rotors), or if you have low fluid(which usually means something is leaking or seeping somewhere). That browning would concern me a little since steel turns colors when being heat treated/tempered. Are you getting any colors besides brown in there, like purples or blues? I have never had disc brakes turn brown......

[nfpgasmask]

I know what you mean about other colors, like when you take a grinder to a fresh piece of steel. No, it just looks like a brownish film. Not quite rust colored, more somewhere between a "burnt umber" and a "raw sienna".



Bart

PS - When the fark am I going to see your VX on the road???

Usually you only bleed the brake system if you are getting a spongy pedal, or have opened any part of your brake system(which usually isn't done when replacing pads or rotors), or if you have low fluid(which usually means something is leaking or seeping somewhere). That browning would concern me a little since steel turns colors when being heat treated/tempered. Are you getting any colors besides brown in there, like purples or blues? I have never had disc brakes turn brown......

[Ascinder]

not for at least a week since it is up in the air on four jackstands with the entire front suspension/driveline torn out. I am in the middle of doing the differential drop, replacing all CV boots with mecatech, replacing the brake lines with the kevlar/stainless braid set from independent4x.com, putting in my heavy duty tie rods, 285/55/R20 nitto dunegrapplers on black Mega 835 rims after indexing the torsion bars and cranking, and installing my rear spring jacks(which will hopefully work) and wiring in my four offroad lights to the roofrack then into the cabin, and finishing my low profile rack mounts. Needless to say, it should be pretty cool once it's all said and done, but man what a daunting set of tasks. Then I still have to refill the front diff., change the gear oil in the rear diff, do an oil/filter change(100% synthetic Mobil 1 all around),mount and balance and install the wheels and get an alignment done. Right now, I'm waiting on differential bearings/seals/snaprings, brakeline kit, CV boots, and rims, all of which should be here by the end of the week. Hopefully that gives me enough time to get the drop brackets done and finish the 1 tie rod I'm still working on, plus the plethora of other stuff in the mean time.