Brakes were broken

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 02/01/2016 at 09:50 • Filed to: None

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Took advantage of the warm weather to do the rear brakes on the Soul.

Friction material fell right off one pad.

Dat scoring tho!

80k on stock rears.

All better. Well not really. I got the pads seated and quiet in a straight but if I turned right it would make a horrible grinding noise.

The inside ring of the dust guard sits inside a little slot on the back of the rotor. The dust guard has started rusting and as such is swollen. It rubbed a shiny ring on the back of the old rotors. Some grinding and a little paint and all is well. Had the rear drivers side off 3 times to figure it out.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 02/01/2016 at 10:02

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I seem to have picked up a noise which means I need to look at my brakes. I don wanna.

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/01/2016 at 10:14

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Maybe you just have a noise gremlin?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 02/01/2016 at 10:19

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I thought it was just noise from the belt on the PS pump. Nope. Something brakey.

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/01/2016 at 10:21

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When does the noise happen?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 02/01/2016 at 10:59

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Sometimes around a bend, sometimes under braking, only while in motion. The around the bend part is not as loud as I thought it was, because that part *is* getting masked by some P/S noise, but there is a little. It shouldn’t be hub bearings because they’ve been done, but I’ll check into that. In theory, there’s a brake wear warning light, but I don’t know it it works anymore.

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/01/2016 at 11:01

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Take them apart and look for shiny spots.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 02/01/2016 at 11:51

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well you had better luck than I

Tried to do my in-laws mountaineer’s brakes and man were they f-ed.

Couldn’t remove the caliper bracket, and couldn’t even move one of the 2 slides. Not in or out. Wouldn’t budge. penetrating oil, punches, hammers, pliers to pull, nothing. They’re going to have to take it to the shop.

Good news is, my battery impact gun did a great job with bolts that were movable (first usage)

CalzoneGolem > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/01/2016 at 11:56

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Oh yeah came apart slicker than shit. It would have been less than a hour all said and done had the dust shield not made a scraping noise.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 02/01/2016 at 12:03

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Haha

Their Mountaineer has sat for over a year without anyone even starting it. They had to put WD40 in the lock to get the thing unlocked/get the key to turn.

It should have been my first warning that the brakes were going to be a MESS. I even told them when I failed....IT SHOULD ONLY BE LUGNUTS AND THEN 4 BOLTS, THAT’S IT.

CalzoneGolem > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/01/2016 at 12:13

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Sounds like working on my S-10.

Here’s my bolt removal tool

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 02/01/2016 at 12:48

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Yeah man I think they’re going to need that and a whole new caliper bracket and new slides because I don’t think that slide’s coming out and it’s probably cheaper than drilling out the old slide.