And It Was The Perfect Day For It, Too . . .
Although it rained heavily earlier this morning, it had cleared by the time I was up and about and caffeined. So after I got back from O’Reilly’s with the brake cleaner, I was outside and pulling off the driver side rear wheel by about 10.
Although I had pulled the passenger side wheel the other day to look at the rotor, I started on the other side today because it was opposite the sun, giving me a little shade. Then this afternoon I planned to switch over to the other side, again for the shade.
But as happens, my best-laid plans ‘gang aft a-gley.’
I knew something was up when I noticed that the rotor was in really good shape, and not worn down as the passenger side was.
This what the other rotor looked like.
And when I removed the caliper, and then the brake pads, I found the piston in the caliper was jammed and could not be moved, in or out.
At that point I was done for the day, so I put everything back together and headed inside to see about getting new calipers.
I’m surprised that I couldn’t feel any difference in the braking with one side working and the other side jammed, but since 60-80% of braking is on the front wheels I guess it was just masked. But I never felt any kind of pulling when I braked either.
And checking out Amazon for Rear Brake Calipers, I found something strange. On some vehicles the calipers are the same on both sides, but I have a different one on each side. The right side caliper was $43.51, but the left side one was $63.21. And this is the same model from the same manufacturer. This totaled $106.72.
And this was for remanufactured ones.
So I put in a call to O’Reilly’s to see what they had. And they had a set for $105.98. And these were new ones, too. So I told them to order me a set, and was told they would be in this afternoon.
However when I went to pick them up I was told that the price would be $149.98.
WTH?
But I cooled down when I was told that I would get back $22 each or $44 total when I bring back the old calipers to them. So that gives the $105.98 that I was quoted.
So now I’m pushing all this back to this Saturday, Sunday, or next Tuesday, I guess.
Thought for the Day:
Remember, it’s only a murder if they find the body. Otherwise it’s just a missing person.
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