dpantazis
#12
the simplest brake job is performed with your checkbook...
same thing goes for front wheel bearings!
same thing goes for front wheel bearings!
Is There Such A Thing As A Simple Brake Job???
- Thread starter Tail_Gunner
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Tail_Gunner
CRJ & ERJ A&P Mech.
Tail_Gunner
CRJ & ERJ A&P Mech.
It seems the last brake job I did using a check book, ended up later on with siezed slider pins and frozen caliper bolts.
Then before that, the front right brake hose had a 360* twist in it, looked like a damned pretzel.
That was the same shop that changed the rear end lube and sheered a bolt off when they put the cover back on. They glued the bolt head back on with silicone gasket maker.
I'm very fussy about mechanical work on my truck. There is nobody that'll do a better quality job on my truck than me. I try to save everything I can until spring so I can do it myself. If it can't wait, then I have to decide whether I do it in the snow (see D66 turbo install)
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or pay someone who can do it indoors to do it for me.
I won't be buying anymore front bearing hubs. I've got real bearings with the Dynatrac. Good old fashioned clean & repack cup & cone bearings.
It seems the last brake job I did using a check book, ended up later on with siezed slider pins and frozen caliper bolts.
Then before that, the front right brake hose had a 360* twist in it, looked like a damned pretzel.
I'm very fussy about mechanical work on my truck. There is nobody that'll do a better quality job on my truck than me. I try to save everything I can until spring so I can do it myself. If it can't wait, then I have to decide whether I do it in the snow (see D66 turbo install)
View attachment 9857
or pay someone who can do it indoors to do it for me.
I won't be buying anymore front bearing hubs. I've got real bearings with the Dynatrac. Good old fashioned clean & repack cup & cone bearings.
that picture reminds me of my starter replacement back in January..
if I don't have anything in the shop, it's yours to use..
(but I have shut the heat off for the season)
Tail_Gunner
CRJ & ERJ A&P Mech.
I'm all done.
I finished the fronts yesterday. Today I looked at the rears and checked slider pins & such.
The rear slider pins were moving ok. I re-lubed them with silicone brake grease. The pads & rotors were not as good looking as I'd hoped for having just been replaced a year or two ago. I think maybe the problem is I don't load up the truck enough to work the rear brakes. So they are getting kinda rusty and nasty looking. Maybe I'll get the rear rotors cleaned up with some fresh pads later on this summer.
I finished the fronts yesterday. Today I looked at the rears and checked slider pins & such.
The rear slider pins were moving ok. I re-lubed them with silicone brake grease. The pads & rotors were not as good looking as I'd hoped for having just been replaced a year or two ago. I think maybe the problem is I don't load up the truck enough to work the rear brakes. So they are getting kinda rusty and nasty looking. Maybe I'll get the rear rotors cleaned up with some fresh pads later on this summer.