so, doin my brake job, pulled off the pads..... brake fluid leaking from THE PISTON! the caliper piston was chipped and had a small crack. F*CK ME right? so got 2 new re-manned calipers from auto zone fore 54 each, oh well. so heres some pics from the job, these new ones stop on a dime, drilled and slotted rotors with Hawk high performance pads.

busted piston
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old pads
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new pads
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ALL DONE
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you're a friggin train wreck. you come near my dakota to work on it, il break your fingers, hahaha. otherwise nice set up, how do they perform from a 120-0 mph stop? thats my question.

 

ill let you know when it stops raining.


and WTF? why am i a train wreck?

 

Nice looking job man. I just did my brakes for the first time, it was pretty cool, except my calipers were rusted to hell. Thats a REALLY nice looking setup man. Love the rotors!


Who makes those calipers?? They look much smaller than stock though??

Jim

 

nope they were the same size for me. i got em at AZ, just the OEM ones.

 

im pretty sure the last time you said you worked on something on your r/t, you said it broke, regardless... still a train wreck, hahaha. and if it makes you feel better, i ended up skinning my middle finger while doing an oil change on a friends 94 saturn sl1, that sucked *****.

 

first off nice job and looks like you got some nice new parts there which is always a plus

and yea idk why your a train wreck you get one run of bad luck i guess that makes you a train wreck, unless i missed something




there are actually 2 different size calipers that dodge used on these trucks thos that he showed and then a bigger set w/ 2 pistons on each side (in the front) and they have slider rails and everything (my dads truck has those a BITCH to work on, but imine has the same as his) and believe it or not my truck stops better than my dads (he has 4 wheel discs and i dont)

 

Looks good man , how much did those rotor's run you ?

 

Hey man, I unfortunately have the calipers with 2 pistons per side and slider rails. Your right, they are such a bitch to work with.

Jim

 

heres the link

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...0&autoview=sku