Thread: brake light is on...

Excellant write up! Maybe add to the How-To section and make it a sticky. Can anyone add what years have the screw in calipers on the rear and what direction you turn to screw in?

found this for ya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlMU8K36Hjo

Clockwise

best vid ever. if this guy can do it any one can.

I have a 2000,and the rears just push in with a clamp.Im pretty shure all 97 to 03 had tophat rotor parking brakes.

Alll done! That was easy... took me about 2 hours but only because I rotated the tires and cleaned the inner rim... they appear to be working.

When I used the tool, mentioned above I had to put it in the piston because I couldnt fit the brake pad. But it seemed ok.. saved myself $300.00.

Originally Posted by andremike

saved myself $300.00.

best quote of the day. 2 hours of your time and you got cash in the bank still. whats next? hmmmmm lol

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

best quote of the day. 2 hours of your time and you got cash in the bank still. whats next? hmmmmm lol

consider it paying yourself $150/hour to do something you like to do

the clunks, jack the front wheel up and look for a blown out sway bar end link, or bar bushing.

this a blown out bar bushing.



a good end link.



check the sway bar end where the end links are for cracks or just broken off.

bleeding brakes is super easy. have a friend pump the brake pedal up and hold it down, you yell pump em, then hold em, then you crack the bleeder open till no more fluid comes out, you pal on the pedal pushed the pedal down and holds it there till you say pump em up again. so as soon as fluid stops coming out you shut the bleeder so it cant suck air back in.


or you can make a one man bleeder, i made one, it works f ing great. its nothing more then plastic bottle with 2 holes burned in the top, you put 2 inches of fluid in the bottle then push a clear plastic tube that fits the bleeder nipple through the cap and into the fluid at the bottom, then hook it to the bleeder nipple, open the bleeder, then pump the pedal slowly, this will flush all the fluid rather fast.

the tube in fluid keeps air from being sucked back into the caliper.

you can take your old rotors and have them cut. or resurfaced. they turn them on a metal lathe and take some rotor off to make like new. only thing is they are now thinner and more pron to warp if your hard on them. if they are warped already, dont bother cutting them they will warp rather fast again.

any good parts store that cuts rotors will measure them to see if theres enough metal left to cut and run them safely too.

some pads have a metal shim, its supposed to keep the pad from squealing then theres brake pad antisqueal stuff that glues the pad back to the caliper piston so it cant drag or vibrate when the brakes are let off or when on them.

ive used it on older cars have not had a need to use it on any of my newer cars or trucks.