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BodhiBenz1987 · #98 03-08-2009, 05:13 PM

Calipers are all done ... I ended up having to reuse the old brake pad holding clips because there's no way the pin would fit in with the new ones. Other than that, everything looked great, flushed (and broke off a bleed screw ... save that fix for later) and put it back on all fours. I took it for a drive for the first time in nearly two months and the brakes felt A-OK, plus it seemed to shift better than before (maybe because I flushed the clutch circuit?).

The bad news: Definitely getting an unpleasant noise from the right front when turning the wheel. Loud grinding. I can kind of hear it when going over a speed bump, but it's more exaggerated when turned the wheel. So I'm guessing tie rod? The tie rod ends looks awful, the boots have cracks in them ... that was going to be my next project and I guess I'll accelerate that effort. Weird thing is, I didn't hear such a noise before I did the calipers ... I rechecked the caliper, hose, and lug bolts on that wheel and it all looks fine. I was pretty careful not to hit or push on anything under there, but maybe I bumped something? Or maybe it was just because the car sat up on jackstands for a couple days, putting a different load on (or off, I guess) the suspension. Does this sound like it could be the tie rod end? Again, it's more of a laterally triggered noise than a vertically triggered noise, if that makes sense. Tie rods have to be changed anyway, so I'm hoping maybe that'll be the fix.

Oh yeah ... and the pad wear sensor pin actually broke out of the housing, the sensor was so corroded in there. No big deal for now, but I'll have to solder/crimp on a new housing piece, I guess.