So it was time to finally do some work on those rear brakes. The drivers side hadn't worked for months, the e-brake hasn't worked for like 4 years, and the pads and rotors were shot.
So I go get new rotors, pads, and a caliper rebuild kit.
1 pin on each caliper was stuck in the caliper bracket. This was the most horrendous job I've done in a long time. I used heat and an impact gun on each one, and while one on each caliper bracket came out, I had the head twist off on the others. There was no getting these things out now that the head was gone, so it was either get new brackets or drill 'em.
So I had to drill a small hole and progressively drill a larger hole until I had a hole in the back of the bracket large enough to get a punch in.
Got the bracket red hot and puched the hell out of it. The first one took all day yesterday to get out, and the other took a good portion of today. Greased the new pins up good and used JB weld to close up the hole I drilled.
It cost me about 30 in parts to do both, which beat's spending $60/caliper, but damn. My back is killing me and I'm still filthy.
Next time you do your brakes, KEEP THOSE CALIPER PINS GREASED AND KEEP THE SEALS IN GOOD SHAPE.
That's all.
So I go get new rotors, pads, and a caliper rebuild kit.
1 pin on each caliper was stuck in the caliper bracket. This was the most horrendous job I've done in a long time. I used heat and an impact gun on each one, and while one on each caliper bracket came out, I had the head twist off on the others. There was no getting these things out now that the head was gone, so it was either get new brackets or drill 'em.
So I had to drill a small hole and progressively drill a larger hole until I had a hole in the back of the bracket large enough to get a punch in.
Got the bracket red hot and puched the hell out of it. The first one took all day yesterday to get out, and the other took a good portion of today. Greased the new pins up good and used JB weld to close up the hole I drilled.
It cost me about 30 in parts to do both, which beat's spending $60/caliper, but damn. My back is killing me and I'm still filthy.
Next time you do your brakes, KEEP THOSE CALIPER PINS GREASED AND KEEP THE SEALS IN GOOD SHAPE.
That's all.
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