After checking over the 90’s Coupe, our technician Jon has set to work on carrying out the various repairs around the 1996 Bentley Continental R here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops. In the checkover, Jon noticed that the rear caliper had several issues – so a new one was ordered and once it arrived he could get to work on making sure this luxury land yacht can stop as well as it goes. And then, it was moving onto the other list of repairs to be carried out to get this luxury icon back to as good as new.
‘Rear caliper arrived, so jack up and remove offside rear wheel. Caliper has 6 ports so draw diagram for reference. Strip and remove handbrake arm at inner end as clevis seized at caliper end. Remove all pipes. Pipe from inside to outside riu ded off and unable to access easily. Cut pipe and remove caliper. Strip and remove handbrake pads and clean. Lube and fit to new caliper. Clean all bolts etc.’
‘Fit caliper and secure. Refit brake pads. Resecure pipes and cable tie abs wire to pipes. Adjust handbrake links. Tidy area and check LHM level in tanks under bonnet. Prep for bleding but lower remote nopple seized in block on rear shock mount. Remove and free off. Bleed brake with Johns help. Refit wheel and torque up tight. Check for leaks under pressure, all looks OK.’
‘Remove battery terminals and fit battery clamp. Secure and fit foam piece to protect positive terminal from touching clamp. Secure both terminals and refit cover. Run up and check/top up automatic gearbox. Check front suspension top mounts for camber adjustment.’
‘Remove cover over top bolt and emove nut. Found camber washers behind nut. Fit camber guage to wheel and adjust camber positive direction until maximum adjustment reached. Approx -0.75 degrees. Much better than the -2.5 degrees it was. Tighten top bolt and refit cover.’
