Caliber Slide Pins from HELL!
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Post Fiend
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Powder Springs, East TN
Dan that is exactly how mine looks. I will get a replacement pins tomorrow. The Reman caliber from AZ didn't come with nothing but the caliber its self. This is my first time breaking into my brakes. WEll I guess I can tear apart my drivers side again tomorrow and get the rotors off and see if my neighbor can turn them he has the machine If he has the time Its very temping since my passenger side is right there. I wanted to get some rotors as well but I am tight on money right now so I am just doing the necessary safe things to get by till I am back to work.
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From: Damon (South East Texas)
I bought the calipers, complete with the pins and mounts, from NAPA. I was looking for rebuilt calipers with the steel pistons and no one had them, but NAPA. I just had a torn piston boot, but with over 140k miles and wanting to put in new pads, all the way around, I decided that rebuilds were the way to go. All new hardware and lifetime warranty, too.
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From: Union Grove, Wisconsin
Just did my front pads and rotors. I had a terrible pulsing in the brakes while stopping. One front rotor was really wore. Removing the rotors was a real pain due to all the nice road salt they use up here. I had to pound on each one at least 15 minutes with a 5lb hammer and a block of wood. I never had rotors come off that hard. Could've of possibly turned them but 1.417" is the minimum allowed thickness and we weren't sure if we could've cleaned them up. Didn't want to waste the money trying to turn them and probably still have to buy new rotors. Rotors were $60 a piece from a small auto parts store in my town which I didn't think was too bad considering the amount of machining on a new rotor.
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Post Fiend
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From: Powder Springs, East TN
I can't get ahold of my person that turns them would O'Riely Rotors be as good or better then the Napa Rotors? They are 20 dollars cheaper.
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From: North of Greenville
I did my rear brakes early this past summer, and I am convinced that you need to replace the pins every time unless they are PERFECT. The pins are not expensive, but make sure you use the good anti-sieze lube oin them.
Napa has come out with an extreme temperature rated anti-sieze (with ceramic additives) that the local brake shops here are using like crazy.... highest temperature trating I've ever seen... can't find the pic right now, but it comes in a purple labelled bottle and runs about $20-$25. Highly recommended.
Napa has come out with an extreme temperature rated anti-sieze (with ceramic additives) that the local brake shops here are using like crazy.... highest temperature trating I've ever seen... can't find the pic right now, but it comes in a purple labelled bottle and runs about $20-$25. Highly recommended.
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From: IL, USA
I do not like anti-seize on anything that moves.....on the hat that sits against the wheel hub is fine to keep the rotor from seizing to the hub or on the wheels to keep them from seizing to the hub.
Personally...I'd only use caliper and slide pin grease.
We were working on my neighbors skid steer over the summer since his controls were jerky as hell....we couldn't figure out why so we pulled it apart and pulled the arm assembly out. The reason that his control arm was not moving smoothly on the pin.....anti-seize that he put on it in the spring when he tore it apart.
Personally...I'd only use caliper and slide pin grease.
We were working on my neighbors skid steer over the summer since his controls were jerky as hell....we couldn't figure out why so we pulled it apart and pulled the arm assembly out. The reason that his control arm was not moving smoothly on the pin.....anti-seize that he put on it in the spring when he tore it apart.
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From: Rochdale MA
Napa has come out with an extreme temperature rated anti-sieze (with ceramic additives) that the local brake shops here are using like crazy.... highest temperature trating I've ever seen... can't find the pic right now, but it comes in a purple labelled bottle and runs about $20-$25. Highly recommended.
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From: North of Greenville
OK guys... you caught me, but I was still correct aside from what I called it. After seeing your comments, I went out to the shop to look at the bottle because I know that the product was recommended for brake parts and is used at several repuitable shops.
I referred to the product as "antisieze" incorrectly. The actual details right off the label are:
Ceramic EXTREME Brake Parts Lubricant
Item #765-1831
100% synthetic, contains ceramic solids
made by Permatex, marketed under the NAPA label
Rated for -15°F to 2,800°F.
I referred to the product as "antisieze" incorrectly. The actual details right off the label are:
Ceramic EXTREME Brake Parts Lubricant
Item #765-1831
100% synthetic, contains ceramic solids
made by Permatex, marketed under the NAPA label
Rated for -15°F to 2,800°F.
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I have used the gray anti-seize on brake slide pins for a long time without trouble.
I woked for years in a limestone quarry and it was the only thing that would hold up to the limestone and mud that would pile up on our tool trucks.
I woked for years in a limestone quarry and it was the only thing that would hold up to the limestone and mud that would pile up on our tool trucks.
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