August 17, 2017, 04:41 PM
ShouldBFishinHad an awesome few days…
My daughter spent the summer working in the town she attends college. She came back home for a few days before the next semester starts. We hit up a couple local festivals, the Spam museum and a few other things.The thing that stands out the most was working on her car. We dropped it off for an alignment and was told a brake caliper was seized, recommended new calipers, pads and rotors @ ~$850...
The next morning, I went to the local auto parts store and picked up all that was needed for about $260, thinking that I’d be doing this alone except when it came to bleeding the brakes. Much to my surprise, my daughter came out while I was doing the driver side, observed and asked a lot of questions. When it came to the passenger side, she wanted to do it. Other than the final torque settings on a couple bolts and the bleeding of the brakes, she did the passenger side. We buttoned it up in about 2 ½ hours. She was happy, saved a ton of cash and learned something new. I was happy she was here and that we were able to do it together.
Oh – and I found a new to me way to get stuck rotors off without using a BFH… Picked up some grade 8 bolts, a few washers and a couple nuts. Used them to put pressure on the rotor through the holes the caliper bracket was mounted to. Popped them off really easy.
