Any one ever done a brake job on one.... going to help out a friend and fix her brakes... Do the calipers just push in like most older cars or do they screw in like some of the newer stuff I have seen.... If so do I need a special tool....
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The fronts never screw in. The rears might. If the parking brake is in the caliper they screw in. If it has a separate p-brake, then it has a regular caliper,if it has discs on the rear at all.
I see that Aleros came with either drums or discs on the rear and that they do have a listing for parking brake shoes, which suggests a separate p-brake system.
You can turn in the parking brake type calipers in with a pair of channel locks and a c-clamp, but it's a PIA and very easy to rip the dust boot. It's better to buy the tool. It's cheap and easily available from the place you buy the parts from.
I see that Aleros came with either drums or discs on the rear and that they do have a listing for parking brake shoes, which suggests a separate p-brake system.
You can turn in the parking brake type calipers in with a pair of channel locks and a c-clamp, but it's a PIA and very easy to rip the dust boot. It's better to buy the tool. It's cheap and easily available from the place you buy the parts from.
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Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Drums in the back of this one... and they dont need work... so just the fronts.....
Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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did it last night.... Thanks again Gumby!!!!!!
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