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Old 02 Sep 2003, 11:07 pm
ajpdla
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Default Re: 1995 Honda Passport - Brakes question

Cool. Now all I need is an Autozone that's anywhere close to where I live.
I'm in the boonies, for sure.

"mikltaz" <1mikltaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
> >
> >

>
>



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