Look forward to seeing the how-to page Bob...I'll be doin the job as a first
timer in the near future.
""DAKSY"" <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:000501c164af$f2eda700$3a1ca118@nycap.rr.com...
> Hey, DML!
> YeeHah! Got the Powerslot rotors & the Raybestos semi-metallic pads in
> today! WOW! What a (stopping) difference! No more "washboard effect"
> braking. These babies really grab tight. I shoulda done this months ago.
> Just for grins, before I pulled the (2nd set of) OEM rotors (with about
20K
> on em), I threw a 1" travel indicator on em & they only had a TIR of about
> .003". I am astounded as to what .003" felt like. I was expecting maybe
> .015 - .020" TIR. I miked the rotors & they were within .001" of the
> Powerslot thickness, but they were fairly striated.
> The OEM pads were barely worn, but they're HISTORY any way.
> I snapped a buncha pix during the procedure & I'll post em on the DAKSY
page
> when I update it.
> To anyone who tackles this - the damn caliper slide pins require a 7MM hex
> for removal. I went to 3 hardware stores before I found a 7MM & I hadda
buy
> a whole set of 3/8" drive metric hex sockets for $22 at NAPA in order to
get
> what I needed.
> You hafta remove the outboard caliper retainer spring first in order to
> collapse the piston, which the Bible (FSM) doesn't say. Other than that,
the
> Bible says to remove the retainers on the studs in order to pull the
rotors.
> I guess that must mean the individual molecules of rust around the OD of
> each stud. A couple of spritzes of WD-40 & a brass-head hammer & they came
> right off.
> All in all, the entire procedure took less than 1/2 hour, not including
> travel time.
>
> Ok I'll STOP now! (heehee)
>
> Bob Smith (Daksy2K on AIM)
> DML/DML
> 2K DAKSY CC Sport +
> 3.9l; V6: 4X4
> (1 of 980 2K DAKSYs mfrd)
> For the mods,details, etc., visit us at:
>
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
>
> (ps, we're still working on it...
> Susan on the page; me on the DAKSY! )
>
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