I'm starting to wonder if SBG put a curse on me. I finished the drivers side in the almost dark last night, drove it a little and was really happy. I go to do the passenger side a few minutes ago and whammo - cracked rotor, messed up pads, horked brake caliper pistons. So much for 60.00 ... more like 3 times more and three times as long as it shoulda taken. Nobody here to help bleed the brakes. True to that Murphy feller's proposition I suppose. Ah well, it's still 3 times cheaper than one payment on Bruab's Sixty Thousand Dollar Mom Buggy (see front page Jeep story).
not sure if you can see the detail here but it's not real pretty.
smooth...
the gouges are where I spread the caliper to get them off the rotor which had a lovely matching gouge on one side and worn down so bad I had to become abusive to the caliper to even get it off the rotor.
awesome. Just awesome. Like rays of sunlight. Little jerk that started it all - the one on the far right is extra special but I couldn't get a focus on it.
and obligatory custom tool:
oh ... almost forgot. Truck in air with busted leg:
I had said something in a previous post on Scott Liggett's truck thread about 3 ton jackstands being okay for an unlifted 1/2 ton but just barely enough for a 3/4 ton, Squirrel said 6 ton would be the ticket. He's right. I bought a pair and they are a lot less scarey (much bigger). Worth 40.00.
The caliper is not hanging from the hose in this picture even though it looks like it. That white cord is 1600 pound strap, has ahold of the mounting bracket. There's still flex in the brake hose.
not sure if you can see the detail here but it's not real pretty.
smooth...
the gouges are where I spread the caliper to get them off the rotor which had a lovely matching gouge on one side and worn down so bad I had to become abusive to the caliper to even get it off the rotor.
awesome. Just awesome. Like rays of sunlight. Little jerk that started it all - the one on the far right is extra special but I couldn't get a focus on it.
and obligatory custom tool:
oh ... almost forgot. Truck in air with busted leg:
I had said something in a previous post on Scott Liggett's truck thread about 3 ton jackstands being okay for an unlifted 1/2 ton but just barely enough for a 3/4 ton, Squirrel said 6 ton would be the ticket. He's right. I bought a pair and they are a lot less scarey (much bigger). Worth 40.00.
The caliper is not hanging from the hose in this picture even though it looks like it. That white cord is 1600 pound strap, has ahold of the mounting bracket. There's still flex in the brake hose.
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