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Unsuccessful DIY weekend (a venting rant).
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:55:53
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It seemed so easy. I've done it before. It usually takes a couple hours. But not this weekend.
With a 1600-mile vacation trip starting in a few days, I put new tires on the 9-5 Linear Wagon on Friday and had new Akebono pads and Brembo rotors ready to be installed on Saturday. The install went pretty well and included wire brushing the caliper frames to ensure they would slide easily. Forgot to order new retainer springs so used the old ones and can get new ones locally before we take off this week. I had to compress the piston to get the new pads to fit on the new rotor; the brakes were mushy after that so it was time to bleed the system.
And the weekend went south. I had neglected to order a pressure bleeder when I got the rotors, so I took advantage of the free loaner tool offer from Advanced Autoparts and borrowed a vacuum bleeder. And hour or so of futzing with that showed me that wasn't going to work. So I recruited my daughter to pump while I opened and closed the bleeders. Two rounds of this got out a lot of air, but the brakes are still mush. Hopefully I can get it to my indy tomorrow and he can deal with it. Still, very frustrating.
On a side note, my old fluid was the color of dark honey. This is just 10K miles after the 60K service which supposedly flushed the fluid. It's all clean now, though!
However, after all this, I'm beginning to wonder if something else is going on. I've done a couple dozen pad and rotor jobs without needing to bleed the system and never had any issues. Ahh well, some days you eat the bear. Some days the bear eats you. Still a major PITA and NOT what I needed to spend the weekend doing. Damn good thing vacation is coming. The upside, if something else is dead the car is still on CPO.
And my lawn tractor will start but not run. I give up. I'm going to go have a beer.
Posts in this Thread:
- Unsuccessful DIY weekend (a venting rant)., Noel, Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:55:53 <-- Viewing This Message
- ceramics were mushy for me too at first, BrianG, Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:26:51
- Similar experience...., Whirligigmike, Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:32:09
- They will eventually feel ok, Ray L, Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:34:58
- Beer is good., Mike in Anchorage, Sun, 3 Aug 2008 15:23:22
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