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After a week of almost daily applications of penetrating oil and beating on the drivers side front rotor, I still couldn't break it free. So last saturday I scored it hoping that it would flex enough that I could get it loose. Still no joy. I've been busy or it's been raining all week (and it's dark out when I get home making any work I want to do more of an ordeal), so finally today I removed a section of it and stuck a cold chisel beneath it and that freed it almost effortlessly. Sigh. Now I know that the angle grinder is a much more effective tool than the "engineers" hammer in a situation like this.
November 15 2008, 04:11:54 UTC 3 years ago
November 15 2008, 05:15:03 UTC 3 years ago
well, that would explain the guy with the 2-4 lb hammer making a racket a few weeks ago, at 9am, and he appeared to be smashing his brake rotors. a lot. for a long time.
on my car, i wore the rear set all the way down, rather more quickly than i though, and after poking into it, the conclusion was that both rear calipers were 100% shot, basically unable to open 100%, and so i got new calipers, pads, and rotors. ugh.
car go stop now, and doesn't make noise, and the e-brake is super tight again :)
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November 16 2008, 15:27:01 UTC 3 years ago
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February 18 2009, 20:32:51 UTC 3 years ago