There is no such thing as a simple brake job (95 90 q sport)

[james accordino]

I WOULD say boneyard, but I can't speak to the
commonality of the 90q.  Does this use a fairly common
carrier.  If so, I'm sure you could find one quickly,
easily and cheaply.  Then clean, regrease and reboot
it.  Also cheap.  This SHOULD be a part of the brake
job BTW.  I never used to check any of this stuff when
I first started, but short pad life led me to service
the entire system.  Much more rewarding in the long
run.

Jim Accordino
ps- I only know of 2 90q's in NJ/PA boneyards

--- Huw Powell <human747 at attbi.com> wrote:
>
> > The Carrier pins were stuck.  Now comes the fun
> part.
> >
> > I soaked them in penetrating oil for a while, not
> long enough obviously, and
> > began to work them loose.  The first one began to
> wiggle and I managed to
> > extract it.  The second was stuborn so I applied a
> little heat from a
> > propane torch than applied presure with 1/2 drive
> socket.  It began to budge
> > but no it sheered off.
> >
> > I'm sure I can drill it out, make that bring to
> machine shop, but can I buy
> > just the carrier pin?  I looked at the ETKA sheet
> that the dealer gave me a
> > week or so ago and it looks like the pin comes as
> part of the carrier (#447
> > 615 125).  Mail order has the carrier for $65 but
> do I really have to do
> > this.
>
> $65 sounds moderately competitive with having a
> machine shop drill out
> the old pin, doesn't it?  Plus you'll wind up with
> at least one spare
> pin in your tool box.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/
>
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