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twitchy · 04-18-2003, 11:49 PM

Thats good to know, since I am going to need new brakes on the back as well. I had my friend (who is also my mechanic) take a look at them and the seal is going too, it will at some point start to leak.

(HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT LEAKS IE WHERE DO YOU SEE FLUID?)

What I like to do every so often is to take the calipers off the car when I have an afternoon and clean them and grease the pins so they move more freely. When you get new calipers (if thats what you do) I have some tips my mechanic friend told me..

1) Grease the hell out of the pins with brake grease

2) Put never seize all over the part of the brake rotor that sits flush against the...er...thinghy that the studs come out of? That saves you from needing a hammer and from any associated damage later on.. (thats if you change your rotors too)

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04-18-2003, 11:49 PM	#4
twitchy Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,579 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thats good to know, since I am going to need new brakes on the back as well. I had my friend (who is also my mechanic) take a look at them and the seal is going too, it will at some point start to leak. (HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT LEAKS IE WHERE DO YOU SEE FLUID?) What I like to do every so often is to take the calipers off the car when I have an afternoon and clean them and grease the pins so they move more freely. When you get new calipers (if thats what you do) I have some tips my mechanic friend told me.. 1) Grease the hell out of the pins with brake grease 2) Put never seize all over the part of the brake rotor that sits flush against the...er...thinghy that the studs come out of? That saves you from needing a hammer and from any associated damage later on.. (thats if you change your rotors too)