my brake saga continues....
Larry C Leung
l.leung at juno.com
Thu Apr 26 23:07:27 EDT 2001
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
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