I had the front calipers stick on me over the weekend.
I burnt one set of pads pretty good by the time I got
to the house. Rotors are warped now a bit. I was able
to pull the calipers off and drepress them back with a
C-clamp, put some new pads on and for now they are
working but they need to be replaced ASAP (this
weekend). But I've never done brakes and I have some
questions.....
Bleeding brakes:
how hard? 2 person job or one? how can I get all the
old fluid flushed out.
Pulling rotors: I see bearings
and thrust washers and all kinds of stuff in the
service manual diagram. Can someone give me a basic overview
of what all is involved with R&Ring a rotor (not the
newer GenIII sealed kind). I assume this would be a
good time to put new bearings in???? What about the
grease seals? Any special tools needed?
Also the
service manual was a little vague on reasembly. Said
something like 'rotate the rotor while tightening the
nut to insure the bearing seats correctly.' Also
didn't see any torque values for the nut. I already
bought a new set of calipers, pads, and caliper pins.
I will be having the rotors turned if they are in good
enough shape. Besides bearings is there any other
parts I should replace while I have it tore apart?
Thanks,
--Mike www.mikesdakota.com
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