Rear girlings

[Richard Beels]

Well, one of my 90Qs uses the little cube thing because it's got the 2
dimples in the piston.  My other one uses a hex but they were so stripped,
I had to use the channel-locks myself.  I ended up replacing them a couple
weeks ago (parking brake levers were sticky) and the POS rebuilt calipers
have stripped out keyways as well.  After having AutoZone order 3 sets and
they were all stripped, I got them to knock another $25 off each side
(total price = $80 for BOTH, heh :-).  Make sure you pre-fill the caliper
with brake fluid when you change them.  As for turning, the piston has a
threaded rod that it rotates on so you should have been able to keep
turning it on - unless the parking brake mechanism was messing you up somehow.

I would replace both ball joints at the same time.  It's the "if one side
is bad, the other is probably too" theory.  Unless, they were recently
changed and this one died an obviously premature death due to a boot
ripping and grease contamination.


At 03/02/2003 at 18:38, Shakespearean monkeys danced on jason snider's
keyboard and said:
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>Hey guys,
>   Doin the brakes this weekend and ran into some trouble. First off, the
>parking brake cables were frozen and my rotors are now shot. I knew they were
>froze up, but didn't have a place to work on it here at school in this
>weather. I couldn't get the piston back in far enough to put the brakes on
>either. I used a c-clamp and channel locks to get it in a ways, but not far
>enough. I also tore the boot up in the process. What size allen key fits in
>the piston? I also found the ball joint to be bad on that side. Should these
>be replaced on both sides at the same time? Seeing that I am in need of new
>rotors and pads (and maybe calipers) I'm going to go ahead and upgrade to the
>vented setup if I can get a good donor. So, does anyone happen to have GOOD
>calipers, carriers, rotors, and pads for the rear vented setup? I'm on a
>college budget too. :)
>Thanks,
>Jason
>'86 5ktq (still on jack stands at home :(   )


Cheers!