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Post by rlouisa2 on Mar 14, 2005 0:35:45 GMT -6
Well all,
This weekend has been the Aurora weekend from hell. I decided to do the rear brakes since they have never been changed. So I did the driver side and moved to the passenger side only to find out the calliper is shot, looks like is hasn't been working for a while. Went and purchased a new one, only to find out they didn't fix me up with the right tools. Spent 6 hours this weekend doing this crap, only to have to call AAA in the morning to send it to my mechanic, at least I have the parts and it will only be his time, but dang what a waste. I feel like I am going to kill a GM engineer on this one. Advice to all. If you are going to do your brakes, just do the front, these are extremely easy. Leave the rear to the pros.
UUUUGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
Ryan
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Post by JimW on Mar 14, 2005 7:09:15 GMT -6
Sorry to hear about your troubles, I did both front and rears with the help of a friend. We had a bit of a sweat with the rear brake caliper, we thought it was stuck, but after some playing it came loose. The brake piston however is another story. It cannot be reset with a C-clamp like on the front. You need a special brake cylinder reset tool that fits like a socket. There are multi facets on the tool that suits different manufacturers.
When applying the brake pedal the piston not only moves out laterally against the caliper but it rotates, making for a challenging reset.
However if you feel uncomfortable about doing any mechanical work on these cars....trolley off to the dealer or mechanic.
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Post by scottydl on Mar 14, 2005 12:34:26 GMT -6
Yikes... good info to know, as brake time is coming up for me. How many miles did each of your Auroras have on them when it became necessary to do the rear brakes? I'm hoping I can just get away with the front for now...
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Post by JimW on Mar 14, 2005 12:58:08 GMT -6
Remember the rear brakes only do 30% of total braking. They should last a good long time. Change the fronts, and then see how it feels. However once you do all 4 corners the improvement will be felt a lot more.
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Post by rlouisa2 on Mar 15, 2005 0:01:10 GMT -6
My 1996 Aurora had 82000 miles on it, and it is getting it's first brake job. Please realize that Grandma drove this before me. That is one of the first things that was wierd on this car, the biggest though was that it had its original air filter. Kind of looked like it had an inch of tree sap on it. It was that gross. The front brakes were very easy to do, anyone can do that. But the rear is much more difficult, you have to deal with the emergency brakes and such, my suggestion is letting the pros work on the rear and you can do the front. You save enough dough on the front to pay for them to do the rear brakes. Have fun...
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