XfbodyX
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Maybe just help him get past this issue.
Maybe just help him get past this issue.
I don't, but one of my roommates does, as soon as I get the relief money (or whatever they call it) I'll be buying the brake parts and bearings, the pads and rotors were getting weak, so I was planning on replacing them anyway, I also suspected the calipers were getting weak, I've never touched them and from the old service records from the last owner I know they were replaced sometime in '04, and the brakes were great until recently.The spindles look Dan. I'm not going to lie though, you're looking at $50 for calipers, $40 for bearings, $30 for pads and $150 for rotors. Ball joints probably another $150. This is just for parts.
If I was closer I would totally help you out with this. Do you not have any friends that can do this kind of work? This is only a Saturday afternoon's worth of work.
Like I said you're risking your life and everyone's around you driving with bad ball joints. If it's not in your budget to fix something DON'T DRIVE UNTIL IT IS!!
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Ok pads, rotors, wheel bearings, and calipers (makes sense to replace them both right?) is there anything else needed for the brakes? what about grease for the bearings or will that come with them?The spindles look Dan. I'm not going to lie though, you're looking at $50 for calipers, $40 for bearings, $30 for pads and $150 for rotors. Ball joints probably another $150. This is just for parts.
I must've missed this post, what are rubber frame bushings exactly?I have a new pair of the rubber frame bumpers. Caliper looks like trash to me.
This makes me wonder if they are broken, or if the garage was just trying to make money, but then why would they have encouraged me not to replace them?
Ok pads, rotors, wheel bearings, and calipers (makes sense to replace them both right?) is there anything else needed for the brakes? what about grease for the bearings or will that come with them?
. Did you see that caliper piston?You can see the rotor in the background in some of the pictures and it is junk. Time to get serious.
Is there a special type of wheel bearing grease these car use or will any wheel bearing grease work? I was planning on replacing the cotter pin anyway, it looks like it was used and poorly bent back together (see picture two posts down) the brakes were last done by that New Haven mechanic...Yeah, you need tub of grease as well. Probably going to need a pack of cotter pins also - DO NOT REUSE THE OLD ONES!
Do they still make them? if they do are they hard to replace?They rubber bump stops are for the lower control arms. Yours looked cracked apart. They mount to the k frame.