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Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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06-05-2011, 01:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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seized caliper "nightmare"
i could smell something like brakes
turns out the caliper seized and it became red hot because it took me at least 20 minutes hosing it down to cool it off
I've had this problem repaired before and it has returned with a vengence.... the sh1t just never ends.
and to top it off
just before i got home i turned down this little road to check for fishing access on "home turf" and this little kid is all teary eyed saying "NO"
to his Dad sitting in the car....then because he was VERY upset he walks away quickly (bolting) across the street without looking for on coming cars and had i not been watching him very closely i woulda ran him right over.
i thank my lucky stars i wasn't driving fast
having just shelled out money for heating oil $600.00
and rent.... i ain't going no where,,,,,
and here i was planning to go to the canal today
glad i stayed local... always sumthin....
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06-05-2011, 01:48 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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get your caliper grease
and there are no fish at the canal anyway
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06-05-2011, 02:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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The shoes tend to get stuck on one of my rear disc breaks. Was that way since the vehicle was new (i bought it used ( 2 year old program car) but upon doing the break job on it I saw that the inside pad had never touched the rotor in the Blazer's 7 year lifetime). Just one wheel does this. Even after redoing the breaks and playing around to prevent it re freezing and undoing it again after t did seize up again and redoing , it still intermottently gets stck (better than full time stuck and at least now it will let go when stuck if I hit the brake pedal really hards). Next time I dig into it I will try filing the opening in the yoke just a little and using some grease on the shims.
Anyway , sorry for your miseries Raven , things do tend to happen when you least want them to!
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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06-05-2011, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
and there are no fish at the canal anyway
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Well get ready because as
sure as SH1T
they'll show up now.
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06-05-2011, 04:08 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,134
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They'll show up now because I'm out for at least a week. Lucky day (sarcasm) I've had today was topped off with a wrenched knee a couple hours ago.
Sometimes calipers don't handle being "repaired" well. Did you replace them with remans? Or just free them up with liberal amounts of lube? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't Just happens. I had a caliper sieze on my truck a few years ago. Had to replace.
The more frequently you go through brakes, the more opportunity to properly lube the sliders, the better you are on brakes, the more rare the lube.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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06-05-2011, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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ughhhhhh
they told me awhile ago
that it was the inner lining of the brake fluid hose peeling off
allowing fluid to go only in one direction
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Very sorry to hear about your Knee John -> that's gotta smart...
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it gets better though, the icing on the cake just now ->all DATA LOST
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i was sitting here showing my wife this lumber machine
and the hard drive just went kapui , dead , no more booty
so off to best buy i go as i type on wifey's puter...
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06-06-2011, 03:40 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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bye bye best BUY
Haven't been liking them much during the last few years
as i put my hand on the DOOR the guy barks at me
STATING we're closed...... like i was trying to break in...
wrong attitude all together,,, i'm done with them
New egg deals are better anyways
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06-06-2011, 06:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,698
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
i could smell something like brakes
turns out the caliper seized and it became red hot because it took me at least 20 minutes hosing it down to cool it off
I've had this problem repaired before and it has returned with a vengence.... the sh1t just never ends.
and to top it off
just before i got home i turned down this little road to check for fishing access on "home turf" and this little kid is all teary eyed saying "NO"
to his Dad sitting in the car....then because he was VERY upset he walks away quickly (bolting) across the street without looking for on coming cars and had i not been watching him very closely i woulda ran him right over.
i thank my lucky stars i wasn't driving fast
having just shelled out money for heating oil $600.00
and rent.... i ain't going no where,,,,,
and here i was planning to go to the canal today
glad i stayed local... always sumthin....
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'turns out the caliper seized and it became red hot because it took me at least 20 minutes hosing it down to cool it off'
Is it wasn't junk from the heat of the caliper being stuck,
after hosing it down for 20 minutes you can add a junk rotor to the repair list with the caliper.
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LETS GO BRANDON
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06-06-2011, 06:24 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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don't care Ronnie because i don't mess around
when it comes to Brakes
Grand Caravans have too much vehicle weight
to get them to stop in sufficient time....or distance...
I replace everything Possible every damn time!
that way when you Have to stop your able to....
there's to many WOMEN on the phone while driving
or kids dashing into the roadway.....
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06-08-2011, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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ahhhh, now i'm a happy Camper
all fixed -> brand new everything
i can stop like a bastid -LOL
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06-08-2011, 09:32 AM
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Dismember
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maine
Posts: 208
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When I needed new rotors and pads on my F150, I just pushed the caliper pistons back in like I've done for 35 years, and cleaned and lubed the other components. Set off to go on a hunting trip and seized a caliper within 15 miles from home. Freed it up with a pry bar, stopped at NAPA, got two rebuilt calipers and a jug of brake fluid, and 3 hours later was on the road again. The pistons get weathered by the salt, sand, and water and don't slide as well as they did when new.
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72 hrs of fishing SoCo, not a felony in all 50 states.
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06-08-2011, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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me 2 in the old days.....
now it gets farmed out
to keep me and America
rolling along
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06-08-2011, 04:09 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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I just replace the calipers it's cheap enough compared to the cost of having the dealer doing it.
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06-08-2011, 05:42 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,611
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
They'll show up now because I'm out for at least a week. Lucky day (sarcasm) I've had today was topped off with a wrenched knee a couple hours ago.
Sometimes calipers don't handle being "repaired" well. Did you replace them with remans? Or just free them up with liberal amounts of lube? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't Just happens. I had a caliper sieze on my truck a few years ago. Had to replace.
The more frequently you go through brakes, the more opportunity to properly lube the sliders, the better you are on brakes, the more rare the lube.
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pulling wheelies.....brave man you are!
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06-08-2011, 08:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
Posts: 2,877
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honda calipers are the worst for seizing. Only sorta chronic problem I have come across with Hondas
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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06-08-2011, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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feels so different driving around with brake not on...
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06-11-2011, 04:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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a brake line rupture
has now happened on my wife's car
so now .............it begins again....
one day after getting my car back from the shop
un freakin real
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06-11-2011, 09:15 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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replace the calipers, rotor and pads
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06-11-2011, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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just a brake line this time....
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06-14-2011, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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it's getting rediculous
then the next day
wife's car has a gasoline leak
at work.....
A slow drip but just enough
that security was notified
and i had to go quickly "fetch it "
outta there
to end any further concern
Now she has to submit paper work
showing that it was repaired
things have been just "insane"
car wise the last couple of weeks.
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