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Old 01-30-2003, 12:31 AM
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The reason why I was rebuilding the caliper was that, when I pulled the brakes, 3 of the 4 front pads had about half their life left while the 4th was almost completely worn away. As far as I know, the left side caliper's fine, and with how bad the car was pulling to the right before, if it pulls a little bit in either direction, I'm okay with it until the next time I do the brakes...and then I'll probably just replace both front calipers. But, we'll see how it goes; everything may be fine, eh? And I would have replaced the front hoses, but again, they appeared to be in real good condition...as compared to the rears, which were cracked in numerous places.

I got the caliper rebuilt and installed the front brakes...also got the hoses done (yet another simple task; whoever designed the 123 cars did one heckuva job!!) So, all I need to do now is re-install the air cleaner (had to remove it to do the upper control arm bushings) and bleed the system and the car should be back on the road! Bleeding will come tomorrow...

Also, rebootit, where did you get the syringe from?
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