| [GMCnet] Re: Brake job? [message #366076 is a reply to message #366074] |
Wed, 11 August 2021 21:40   |
jimk
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Registered: July 2006
Location: Belmont, CA
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You should measure the thickness first.
To replace the rotor takes some doing as you need to undo the bearings,
which require a special puller.
Adjust the rear brakes by backing up and slamming it on and forward few
times to adjust it with the auto adjust.
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 7:13 PM wrote:
> Hi Folks, so while returning from Maine and on the way to a visit in the
> Berkshire Mts. (hills I thought) I decided to take a back road that looked
> good on my old Rand mcNally ... turned into 20 miles of a crazy roller
> coaster with no escape culminating in a long plunge with a truck escape
> lane,
> hard left and complete stop at a country road intersection.
> -last truck escape lane I saw was in the Sierra Nevadas! Fortunately a PO
> installed rear disks in 2014. I found a place to pull over to let the brakes
> cool off
> (yes I used a lot of lower gears)
> Upon a restart and luckily a new road my right front wheel developed a
> loud squeak-squeak. I assume that's a brake pad warning.
> Like a car I also assume the front brakes do most of the stopping work.
> Should I assume I need new rotors along with pads up front?
> --
> Kevin Cloutier -'77 Eleganza II-455, 6 disk brakes, Edelbrock carb,
> headers, , resident of NYC and Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
> '72 MGB-GT & '73 MGB convertible
> Member GMCMI since 8/20
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