MyG37 - Bikezilla's Third Leg: VHT my BBK

This was an overnight project started late in the day and kept at it till I had it all bolted and bled the next morning. It's my Da-Dr so it had to get done in one shot.

Three coats of VHT "Burnt Copper" engine paint two coats of VHT "Clear Coat" caliper paint.
~15m Btwn costs, ~45 min drying plus 5 mins with a blow dryer just to make sure.

Removing the front calipers is much easier than the rear but it's not too bad if you're not in a hurry. I found as suggested in the sticky thread it's best to unbolt the connecting rod to get access to the lower rear caliper bolt, and removing the brake line brackets is very helpful.

I lightly sanded the fronts tops and bottoms. The backside was too difficult to sand...and it's the backside.(duh)

Cleaned it all with a micro-fiber cloth soaked with brake cleaner.

I masked off all the bolts and bleeders, the pad retainer and rotor gap.

I found that a 6' folding ladder and an old bed sheet makes an excellent paint tent. I just hung each caliper from the back bar (opposite the steps) and I had plenty or room to hit it from all angles.
I used some recycled wire hangers to make hooks.

There was virtually no waiting, I simply painted one in the garage, walked it down to the basement to dry, brought another back up and painted it. By the time I finished the last one I was ready to put the next coat on the first.

(My third leg)
Here's tip for quick, easy one-man bleeding: An adjustable-length broom handle is a perfect way to hold the brake pedal down. Just open the drivers door, make sure the handle length is long enough to wedge between the depressed brake pedal and the door latch on the frame beside the seat. Pump it a few times and hook it under the latch. Then go let the bubbles out of the bleed nipple. Repeat.

REMEMBER to carefully wrap your newly painted calipers with a plastic bag and a towel before bleeding...just in case you drip some brake fluid on it. They are not fully cured after 30-45 mins, just dry enough to handle. They need to bake-in with heat from driving, sit in an oven, or have a day or two on the bench to harden enough to be resistant to fluid.

One drop of DOT-3 will go through un-cured paint like spit through cotton candy.

The great thing about DYI is whenever a touch-up is needed for tool damage or whatever, you'll only need to mask off the part of the caliper that needs the touch up, sand it a bit and respray it with the same color and clear coat it. Then wet-sand the edges if the cc to blend it in.
No removing the calipers, no trips back to the paint shop.

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