you can get rebuilt calipers with a lifetime warranty at Autozone for $44
each. to get the parts to rebuild would cost 30-35 each. no brainer. go
get the calipers
"ajpdla" <ajpdla@pacifier.com> wrote in message
news:vl9pba8v3p56d1@corp.supernews.com...
> I am in the process of repacking my front wheel bearings on my 1995 Honda
> Passport, 4WD.
>
> What prompted me to do this is, one, I am a new owner of this vehicle and
am
> not sure when this had been done before. The car has 104K miles on it.
> When I jacked the car up off the ground, in an attempt to turn the wheel,
it
> wouldn't turn even a 1/4 of a turn with moderate pressure. This concerned
> me. The 4WD is not engaged at this time. So I figured I would re-pack
the
> bearings.
>
> When I removed the caliper from the rotor, the wheel turns fine now.
> Freewheels great. Rotor looks a little "off"; so those are off to be
turned
> or replaced altogether. Brake pads looked fine.
>
> I am now wondering if the piston itself inside the caliper is just either
> sticking or is no good.
>
> What is the going cost of new reloaded calipers as opposed to having them
> rebuilt. Which I will probably end up doing myself at this point. Just
> wanted to know if someone had a better way of going about this in terms of
> what the problem might be with the calipers obviously hitting against the
> rotor too tightly.
>
> Thanks.
>
>