[Shotimes] Gene Pool - From the Hillman List (Semi-OT)

[Ron Porter]

I believe that I did the whole trip from Detroit to Maryland for the '02
Convention, did Summit Point, then the drags with the rear caliper bolt
missing on the RR. I believe it was gone the whole time, as the dealership
worked on that corner for a new ABS sensor before the Convention. I didn't
notice it until I got home. Car seemed to stop fine!!

I found it at night (after stores close, of course), so I hunted around the
car, and found those bolts. I had planned on removing those intake brackets,
anyway!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jason Hartberger
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:36 PM
To: Ron Porter
Cc: '`V6 SHOtimes'
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Gene Pool - From the Hillman List (Semi-OT)

Dammit, I wish I'd known that four months ago! I forgot to put one of 
the bracket bolts in after doing my front rotors and pads and I 
discovered it on the way home from being out to sea for three weeks (so 
you can imagine the wife was excited)... hear the 
THUNKwokkawokkawokkascreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech when the caliper stopped 
stopping the rotor... ended up stealing a caliper bolt from the rear 
caliper; the bolts on there were so seized up I didn't worry about the 
other one going loose on me :P. And besides, who the hell needs rear 
brakes anyway? :)

Jason

Ron Porter wrote:

>On the V6 anyway, the upper intake bracket bolt also works as a caliper
>bolt. It's a bit longer, but not enough to be a problem.
>
>Ron Porter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
>Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 7:06 PM
>To: `V6 SHOtimes; Mark Nunnally
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Gene Pool - From the Hillman List (Semi-OT)
>
>That is what happen to me last time I went to Lapeer.  We were at Gingerman
>during the day and drove into Detroit that evening.  Dark, construction,
>crazy
>Michigan drivers and Kirk on my ass with the pickup and a trailer.  As I
got
>to the Detroit turn off from up north I noticed I had to pump the brakes.
>By
>the time I coasted into the motel I didn't have any brakes and the car was
>hemorrhaging brake fluid from the right rear.
>
>Well it was late so I just said forget it.  Next morning I was out early
>jacking up the car and checking things out.  Got harassed by a cop seems it
>wasn't the nicest of neighborhoods.  Later saw them busting to yout's for
>checking out all the room doors????
>
>Anyway the pads were completely gone.  The caliper was only hanging by one
>caliper bracket bolt.  And the piston was 110% extended with the rubber
>piston
>boot ripped.  I had just put these on a couple of months earlier, Auto Zone
>rebuilds.  But all was covered by the warranty and I changed the caliper
out
>in AZ's parking lot.
>
>The extra good thing is on the way to Lapeer the next morning in the
rain...
>Larry Eck lost a caliper bracket bolt and we had to turn off.  With the
>caliper I got came new bolts and I only used one, so I had an extra to len
>poor ole' Uncle  Lar.
>
>
> :)
>
>Paul
>
>
>
>
>On 8/9/2005 9:47:18 AM, Mark Nunnally (marknunnally@joimail.com) wrote:
>  
>
>>>the front rotors were
>>>      
>>>
>>>>shredded, all the pads were bare of pad - and that was
>>>>the front.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>Had a co-worker a few years ago, they said the brakes were sounding
>>"funny" and asked me to fix them.  Was an early gen3 SLO w/ rear discs.
>>Both pads in the rear were worn down to the backing plates, rotors
>>    
>>
>trashed,
>  
>
>>etc....BUT the RR had actually worn through the backing plate (!!!) and
>>had a VERY thin (what was left) pad backing plate on the outside.  The
>>inside was nothing left, totally gone, just caliper piston on rotor!
>>never seen anything like it.  The piston was way overextended, fluid
>>leaking, brake pedal on the floor.  Amazing the guy was able to drove and
>>actually stop the thing.  The face of the piston was pretty worn from
>>being on the rotor for who knows how long.
>>
>>This was in NY btw, so those yearly safety inspections really do a lot of
>>good!
>>
>>mark
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Jason Hartberger, AT2(AW) USN
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
AIMD/IM-3 CASS
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