On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 11:53:38 -0700, "ajpdla" <ajpdla@pacifier.com> wrote:

>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.

I used the UCX rebuilt calipers <www.ucx.com> and was pleased with the
results - exact same part number as the replaced part and only ~$25. per
front caliper. These were only the caliper part - not the frame - so easy
to replace.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??