[s-cars] Rear Brakes

[Peter Schulz]

Aaron:

Be wary of rebuilt calipers - some rebuilders do not rebuild the parking 
brake mechanism or replace the seal that fails and leads to corrosion of 
the for the ebrake mechanism.

BTDT

I now rebuild them myself and replace the emergency brake mechanism seal, 
repack the grease in the caliper bore for the mechanism, and polish the 
often rusted or pitted mechanism rod.


-Peter



At 01:31 PM 10/18/2005, Aaron Taylor wrote:
>Oops -
>
>Turns out the e brake hanging up problem has worn out my inner pads to
>metal.  (Damn I thought I had it fixed)
>
>The local brake shop wont just replace the pads, they want to install
>rebuilt calipers.  What is the list consensus on this? - Rebuild calipers or
>just add pads.
>
>Anybody recall the rotor thickness limit?
>
>Thanks
>
>Aaron
>
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