11-15-2018, 08:58 PM
stupid snow. 
sunday my front brakes locked up on the truck.
lot going on so i couldn't touch them till yesterday and was trying to beat the snow.
took them apart.
the rotors were junk
the pads were marginal.
the frames were rust free and calipers looked good.
got new parts from napa .
reinstalled the frames and pads took calipers off to work on inside.
went to clean calipers and found the pistons weren't that great.
decided to replace.
too late to get them had to wait till today.
this morning my sweetie was feeling bad so i hung out till 11.30 am as she's more important than fixing the truck.
after she felt better i left to get the rest done.
call napa to pick up parts, it turns out the calipers with frames cost exactly the same money at napa as bare rebuilt calipers.
so now i gotta go backwards and take stuff back apart to avoid leaving the core deposit.
meanwhile they were supposed to get the calipers for me.
someone messed up and they weren't there yet they said 5 pm at best so i rolled to the napa store with them.
was doing good got home and the stupid snow started.
i ignored it nov. snow ain't much.
oppsie the snow just dumped on us.
inside 1/2 hour three inches.
was gonna finish anyway need my truck fixed snow be damned.
then the plastic thread plug for second caliper broke and pushed into the caliper.
was trying to hurry figured i'd just blow it out but forgot to bind the pistons.
pop one came clear of seal.
time to stop snow is now 6" deep it was dark and i couldn't figure out how to seat the seal again.
packed up tools grabbed caliper and piled into borrowed car.
drove twenty miles in the little car only took an hour to get home.
had computer now found neat found this neat video on how to reseat caliper.
here ya go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvOpg7hASLs
caliper is back together ready to install.
now i gotta go out and snow blow.
hopefully tomorrow will go better.
arrrrghhhh stupid snow
d
sunday my front brakes locked up on the truck.
lot going on so i couldn't touch them till yesterday and was trying to beat the snow.
took them apart.
the rotors were junk
the pads were marginal.
the frames were rust free and calipers looked good.
got new parts from napa .
reinstalled the frames and pads took calipers off to work on inside.
went to clean calipers and found the pistons weren't that great.
decided to replace.
too late to get them had to wait till today.
this morning my sweetie was feeling bad so i hung out till 11.30 am as she's more important than fixing the truck.
after she felt better i left to get the rest done.
call napa to pick up parts, it turns out the calipers with frames cost exactly the same money at napa as bare rebuilt calipers.
so now i gotta go backwards and take stuff back apart to avoid leaving the core deposit.
meanwhile they were supposed to get the calipers for me.
someone messed up and they weren't there yet they said 5 pm at best so i rolled to the napa store with them.
was doing good got home and the stupid snow started.
i ignored it nov. snow ain't much.
oppsie the snow just dumped on us.
inside 1/2 hour three inches.
was gonna finish anyway need my truck fixed snow be damned.
then the plastic thread plug for second caliper broke and pushed into the caliper.
was trying to hurry figured i'd just blow it out but forgot to bind the pistons.
pop one came clear of seal.
time to stop snow is now 6" deep it was dark and i couldn't figure out how to seat the seal again.
packed up tools grabbed caliper and piled into borrowed car.
drove twenty miles in the little car only took an hour to get home.
had computer now found neat found this neat video on how to reseat caliper.
here ya go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvOpg7hASLs
caliper is back together ready to install.
now i gotta go out and snow blow.
hopefully tomorrow will go better.
arrrrghhhh stupid snow
d
Dave L.