"Berang" (berang)
07/11/2015 at 18:19 • Filed to: SAAB, Brakes
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"Berang" (berang)
07/11/2015 at 18:19 • Filed to: SAAB, Brakes | 2
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That’s not supposed to happen.
About a week ago I was driving when a woman in a jeep decided to make a right turn out of a little ceasar’s parking lot. Apparently for her to do this she needed to swerve all the way into in the left lane right in front of me. Because I guess, Jeeps are not capable of making right turns like every other vehicle on the road, and they need another half a lane to get around the corner. My personal experience with Jeeps tells me this is not true, but maybe hers was “special”.
I slammed on the brakes - and they broke. The passenger side rotor cracked into pieces. Looking at the rotor it seems there was already a crack in the rotor (as evidenced by the inside of the crack being rusted) - the emergency stop just was too much for the “good” part of the rotor to keep holding on.
Changing rotors on the SAAB 96 requires pulling the hub. Surprisingly the axel nut was not too difficult to get off. Everything else though was a total pain. The SAAB rotors are bolted on to the in-side of the hub, which means I have to take the hub off the axle, and re-bolt the hub into a wheel (to hold it still) so I can unbolt the rotor from the hub.
^ Weirdo hub showing holes for wheel bolts and rotor bolts.
^ New rotor bolted in.
SAAB 96 rotors are not so easy to find these days, but I was able to locate a pair in the U.S. for $50 each. Sigh. Not cheap for a simple solid rotor. But a parts yard wanted me to fork over $75 for a used one! I hate profiteers.
I also noted that the passenger side calliper is due for a rebuild. Will probably get to that when I redo the front end.
Although I’m annoyed at Jeep-woman for recklessly endangering me, I’m glad this happend a few miles from my house and not out in the middle of nowhere.
TheHondaBro
> Berang
07/11/2015 at 18:20 |
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They went beRANG!!!
shop-teacher
> Berang
07/11/2015 at 18:40 |
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Yikes!!!!!
Birddog
> Berang
07/11/2015 at 19:01 |
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Jeez.. That would have scared the crap out of me.
Did you check Rock Auto on those rotors? They show a listing at $78 per pair (I guess shipping wiuld have put you at the same price)..
kanadanmajava1
> Berang
07/11/2015 at 19:11 |
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My friend had decided to part his 96 and it was standing partly dismantled in our car club’s yard today. Sadly we are too far for you to come and pick free parts.
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Berang
> kanadanmajava1
07/11/2015 at 19:26 |
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I might pay for spares... I could use replacement tail light assemblies.
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kanadanmajava1
> Berang
07/11/2015 at 19:33 |
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I live in Finland so we are even further away from US than Sweden. That might raise the shipping costs annoyingly high.
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Berang
> kanadanmajava1
07/11/2015 at 19:40 |
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oh. That’s too bad ):
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kanadanmajava1
> Berang
07/11/2015 at 19:45 |
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Yeah. Shipping costs from US to Europe are quite bad but it’s probably even worse to the opposite direction. The postal costs in Finland are so expensive that most packages arrive cheaper from Germany than travel inside our country.
Saab 96 was assembled here too. And they were really common cars here at some point.
Buick Mackane
> Berang
07/12/2015 at 17:21 |
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You should thank that woman in the Jeep. You were lucky this happened at a low speed, otherwise your brakes could have failed in a much more dangerous place, such as a twisty mountain road or while driving at highway speeds.