Brake Job (front)
Just thought I'd report on a recent problem that I fixed in the hopes that it might help out someone else.
Last trip out for the weekend and to the tune of about 280 miles, the left front brakes were sticking, making some bad noises and creating a lot of heat. They also weren't acting so good for the last half of our northeast US tour this past summer.
So, I went to work in the driveway and upon pulling the affected wheel, I decided that the problem might be the hose, but got talked out of that and proceeded to replace both calipers and shoes. Decided to forgo turning the rotors, as the right side was perfect and the left, not bad at all considering the punishment it took. When I disconnected the left hose, just a little fluid trickled out, but when I disconnected the right side, it did me the favor of draining the whole one side of the master cylinder. So much for confirming what the original problem was and promptly ordered two new front hoses. Just did a test run and can't remember when the brakes last had that kind of stopping power and felt that good. I let CW do this job in 2011 and we decided to replace the hoses then, but they said that they couldn't get them. Well, I got'em in about three days, so if you need a source, let me know and would recommend changing them out if they're old and original and especially if your chassis is the same as mine, which is about all I can speak for at this point.
Last trip out for the weekend and to the tune of about 280 miles, the left front brakes were sticking, making some bad noises and creating a lot of heat. They also weren't acting so good for the last half of our northeast US tour this past summer.
So, I went to work in the driveway and upon pulling the affected wheel, I decided that the problem might be the hose, but got talked out of that and proceeded to replace both calipers and shoes. Decided to forgo turning the rotors, as the right side was perfect and the left, not bad at all considering the punishment it took. When I disconnected the left hose, just a little fluid trickled out, but when I disconnected the right side, it did me the favor of draining the whole one side of the master cylinder. So much for confirming what the original problem was and promptly ordered two new front hoses. Just did a test run and can't remember when the brakes last had that kind of stopping power and felt that good. I let CW do this job in 2011 and we decided to replace the hoses then, but they said that they couldn't get them. Well, I got'em in about three days, so if you need a source, let me know and would recommend changing them out if they're old and original and especially if your chassis is the same as mine, which is about all I can speak for at this point.
