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Sep 14, 2007 | 12:59 AM

DCRB

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FINALY changed them.

yup, finaly changed my brakes, put brand new rotors and pads and fully rebuilt calipers installed and supercleaned the bearings with grease then repacked them... then took it to my local midas to have brakes inspected (just to be safe) and they pulled my drums off and showed me that the previous owner put the shoes on backwards.... lol. i didnt think that was possible? but yeah retourqed everything to spec and it rides great... BUT... midas said i didn't grease something? idk... something about greasing the calipers... but when i pulled off my old calipers they were dry... so was that maybe a way that i could give them business? also, does any one know if they do good muffler/custom pipe jobs?

THANKS!!!

p.s. i'm fixing those shoes on saturday... doesn't rly effect my stoping with my new brakes tho...

Sep 14, 2007 | 03:50 AM

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get a Chiltons or Haynes Aero repair manual at your local parts store or google disk brake caliper repair
use only grease rated on tube for brakes high temp.
wire brush slide areas first
put in new slide pins from parts store.
http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us...rInfoPages.htm

http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us...rInfoPages.htm

Sep 14, 2007 | 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 96_4wdr

get a Chiltons or Haynes Aero repair manual at your local parts store or google disk brake caliper repair
use only grease rated on tube for brakes high temp.
wire brush slide areas first
put in new slide pins from parts store.
http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/14/c6/51/0900823d8014c651/repairInfoPages.htm

http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/14/c6/d9/0900823d8014c6d9/repairInfoPages.htm

uh... ok. i just used (for now, can/will change them if needed) the old slide pins cuz i didn't see them chillin in the box till AFTER i got my car all put back together... so i guess i'll do that this weekend when i fix my rear drum then. lol

thanks!

edit: why's it bad to use the old shims?

Last edited by DCRB; Sep 14, 2007 at 05:47 PM.