Get out there and service them brakes!
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Get out there and service them brakes!
I just wanted to share my experience today... My car has around 65K on it and today I went to replace my pads/rotors.
Wheels off, caliper off, sliding pins... Stuck.
Three out of four sliding pins on my rear brakes were completely seized. Took me over two hours, an impact gun, penetrating oil, destroyed boots and plenty of scrapes/cuts on my hands to get them free. The pins themselves were beyond corroded and need to be replaced. The toyota lube completely dried up and gone. Front brakes were fine, though.
My brother ordered me replacement boots for each caliper, as well as 4 new pins for the rear. Thankfully he works at the dealer and able to get be pretty hefty discounts. I almost bought new caliper brackets because I was unable to get them out, which would of cost me another $75 per.
So if you have not touched these pins, make sure you take them out and lube them. Even if you only have 20-30K miles or so, especially if you get any snow/salt. Big pain in the **** today.
By tomorrow the parts come in and I should be able to finish the job. But what a hassle. Lubing these pins is an easy job when you rotate tires or whatever, I recommend doing it to prevent any hassle if you play to do in the future.
My rear passenger rotor only had about 1" out of 2" or whatever of pad contact on the inside due to them being stuck. Along with poor rear performance in general. Once all is cleaned/replaced I will be back to full performance again, thankfully.
Wheels off, caliper off, sliding pins... Stuck.
Three out of four sliding pins on my rear brakes were completely seized. Took me over two hours, an impact gun, penetrating oil, destroyed boots and plenty of scrapes/cuts on my hands to get them free. The pins themselves were beyond corroded and need to be replaced. The toyota lube completely dried up and gone. Front brakes were fine, though.
My brother ordered me replacement boots for each caliper, as well as 4 new pins for the rear. Thankfully he works at the dealer and able to get be pretty hefty discounts. I almost bought new caliper brackets because I was unable to get them out, which would of cost me another $75 per.
So if you have not touched these pins, make sure you take them out and lube them. Even if you only have 20-30K miles or so, especially if you get any snow/salt. Big pain in the **** today.
By tomorrow the parts come in and I should be able to finish the job. But what a hassle. Lubing these pins is an easy job when you rotate tires or whatever, I recommend doing it to prevent any hassle if you play to do in the future.
My rear passenger rotor only had about 1" out of 2" or whatever of pad contact on the inside due to them being stuck. Along with poor rear performance in general. Once all is cleaned/replaced I will be back to full performance again, thankfully.
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For those with this same problem, do NOT use permatex purple lubricant on the sliding pins. Avoid at all costs. Even though it says it is safe on rubber and such without swelling, that is NOT true. After one week, my pins were already stuck. No joke.
I bought the tried and true Sil-Glyde and recleaned the bores and relubbed the pins. All seems to be OK now. Make sure you use silicon based lubricant with the rubber bushings. Waiting for my replacement dust boots for the front to replace the lubricant up there as well. Only have done the rear so far.
I bought the tried and true Sil-Glyde and recleaned the bores and relubbed the pins. All seems to be OK now. Make sure you use silicon based lubricant with the rubber bushings. Waiting for my replacement dust boots for the front to replace the lubricant up there as well. Only have done the rear so far.
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