my brake saga continues....

[Larry C Leung]

Aren't the sedan rear rotors solid vs vented front?

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:56:52 -0400 "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>
writes:
>Hey gang,
>
>Well FINALLY got the replacement lines in for the rear calipers on my 
>87
>5ktq.  Took the rear wheel off and started taking off the brake 
>caliper to
>get the line off.  Noticed, wow this whole wheel shakes alot! Closer 
>look
>reveals the bottom of the rear shock is completely snapped off the 
>body of
>the shock.  No wonder its been rattling when I hit a bump.  As I have 
>the
>rear HD Blisteins and the Eibach spring kit already, I'll be switching 
>over
>to them sooner than I thought and without installing the front set 
>till I
>get front shocks.  
>
>Got the brake line in with some convincing and went to install the 
>caliper.
>Well the pads are worn almost completely out on the inner edge of the 
>pad
>and hardly any wear on the outer edge.  I think I need to replace 
>that
>caliper and rotor :(.  Anyone know if the front rotors from a 5ktq are 
>the
>same as the rears?  I have a couple old rotors at dad's in the cellar, 
>but I
>havent compared pn's or anything yet.
>
>Finished installing the caliper and bled the brakes.  Everything seems 
>to be
>working ok now, but definatly need a caliper/rotor and new pads back 
>there.
>
>Also got my rack from Chris Semple, thanks Chris!.  That will have to 
>be
>installed very soon as I'm quite tired of leaving a Pentosin trail
>everywhere I go.  And to think, Sat I'm picking up a 1990 200tqw for 
>the
>wife.  Life should get very interesting keeping 2 type 44's running 
>:).
>
>Anyways, if anyone has any idea on the front rotors vs rear rotors on 
>a
>5ktq, drop me a quick note.
>
>Thanks
>
>Rob
>87 5ktq