[Shotimes] Rear Bake Job

[James White]

The parking brake adjustment is under the drivers seat under your 
SHO.  Soak the big long screw adjuster with PBBlaster and loosen 
it until you can unhook the cables off of the calipers.

Try a propane torch on the bracket that holds the pins.  Use a vise 
grip and work it loose a little at a time.  You might have to get 
a new bracket, but I don't think that it is very expensive.  Be sure 
to get new pins & seals.  Lube them well when putting things back 
together.

Auto Zone has a decent price on reman. calipers and they have a lifetime 
warranty.  If you need new brake cables, try RockAuto.  They had 
both cables here in 2 days.  Thinking $35 each.

I have had booth the caliper and the cables hang, as well as frozen 
pins.  Neither is a hard fix.

Remember to loosen the bleed screw and catch the brake fluid with 
a hose and can while you push and turn the brake piston.  Maybe AutoZone 
will rent you the piston turning tool?  I and many others on this 
list have improvised these tools.  Mine is a ground down ball joint 
"pickle fork" that I lock a vise grip onto.

regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net


At Saturday, 17 September 2005, "jared gardner" <jmcbgardner@hotmail.
com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am a long time SHO ('91) owner and for the first time am repairing 
the 
>rear brakes.  I encountered many problems in the process.  I am hoping 
>someone can shed some light my direction:
>
>1.  I never could figure out how to remove the emergency brake cable,
which 
>is in the way of the lower bolt.  Luckily with a wrench and plenty of 
>patience the bolts came out with a little fanagling at the end. 
How do you 
>remove this cable?
>
>2. After I got the calipers off it became clear the passenger side 
caliper 
>had a stuck pin.  I have tried every thing I can think of but it 
is not 
>moving.  I am now thinking I need to make some more invasive proceedure 
to 
>fix the pin, but because of the e-brake I can't remove the caliper.
>
>3. Once I do figure out how to remove the caliper from the car, 
what would 
>be the best way to remove the rusted pin? (drill it out, buy a whole 
new 
>setup)
>
>Any help would be appreciated.  I have got to do this one my self 
as the 
>finances will not all the help of a mechanic.
>
>Thanks.
>
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