Brakes!!! (not my garage)

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rdinatal

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Glad I'm letting the dealer do the brakes. All 4 need to have pads changed and rotors serviced. Really close to metal/metal contact. Got my $ worth!

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Then they found a pin stuck! Heating it up now...

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It's out.
 
A pin ?? What kind of pin ? How many miles on pads ? Just curious as i have a f150 with only a few miles on it. - have heard they don’t like to turn rotors anymore and just replace them. That will get into a fellas pocket pretty deep. And why the need for the torch ? What was stuck
 
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Smgchandler said:
A pin ?? What kind of pin ? How many miles on pads ? Just curious as i have a f150 with only a few miles on it. - have heard they don’t like to turn rotors anymore and just replace them. That will get into a fellas pocket pretty deep. And why the need for the torch ? What was stuck
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The pin that enables the caliper to move left/right with the wear. Thick truck rotors will get at least one redo. After that it depends on what is available (thickness) after wearing.

New rotors... ~$150ish each
You can get cheaper but the quality of the steel suffers.
 
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Smgchandler said:
A pin ?? What kind of pin ? How many miles on pads ? Just curious as i have a f150 with only a few miles on it. - have heard they don’t like to turn rotors anymore and just replace them. That will get into a fellas pocket pretty deep. And why the need for the torch ? What was stuck
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The brake caliper pin. They tend to freeze up in the caliper carrier brackets.

As far as rotors go, they are not the good ole rotors ot yesteryear. To thin to machine most of the times, or will be right at or below minimum specs after machining. Just replace as cheap as they are
 
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Mike Overlay said:
The brake caliper pin. They tend to freeze up in the caliper carrier brackets.

As far as rotors go, they are not the good ole rotors ot yesteryear. To thin to machine most of the times, or will be right at or below minimum specs after machining. Just replace as cheap as they are
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That's the one!

All my cars I just replace the rotors. <$50 each. When it cost $30-$40 to have them ground it's a no brainer.

These are a nope on replacement just yet.
 
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