stupid brake question
10-10-2008, 01:16 PM
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stupid brake question Im at work and the GF took her car to a brake place and the guy told me that the rear calipers on her 99 firebird were actually acuators (sp?) and u needed a special tool to get the pistons back in to get the rotor on. Is this true
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10-10-2008, 01:53 PM
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Find another shop---quickly.
The calipers on the back of 98+ cars are just single piston standard calipers. The e-brake stuff is inside the rotor. You need no special tool to compress the piston.
The calipers on the back of 98+ cars are just single piston standard calipers. The e-brake stuff is inside the rotor. You need no special tool to compress the piston.
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10-10-2008, 02:00 PM
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toooo late she already told them to do the work and they are almost done..its an 800$ learning experience from Midas for her..im fairly pissed
10-10-2008, 02:12 PM
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W.....O......W....
Jesus my most expensive bolt-on brake package with ATE rotors, Hawk pads, Stainless lines and fluid is $670. Hell a set of Brembo's and Hawk pads all around are $450, and it's cetainly not $350 worth of labor to install that stuff.
I'm in the wrong business.
Jesus my most expensive bolt-on brake package with ATE rotors, Hawk pads, Stainless lines and fluid is $670. Hell a set of Brembo's and Hawk pads all around are $450, and it's cetainly not $350 worth of labor to install that stuff.
I'm in the wrong business.
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10-10-2008, 02:26 PM
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Launching!
10-10-2008, 02:52 PM
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ya its pretty painful..i wanted to tell him to put everything back on it...but then mysteriously something might break down the road..