The geriatric 80. “Rustfree” (1 Viewer)

[40LandCruising]

So some more 4X6Labs action shots:

Yes I had to get pulled out haha, I was buried to the bumper in the back.
I went back to the 33s because the 35s were chunking so bad when I flexed I couldn’t stand it anymore, so now I have mismatched 33s.

 

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So finally it was time to fix that fender, I got a correct color fender from @AJR and got it on on my lunch break one day. The hardest part was beating the inner fender into submission.

I’d say the gold pinstripe on that fender adds at least 5HP too.

 

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Also had another caliper bolt fall out last week, luckily I had a spare. And my DS rear caliper was leaking so I replaced that with a remanded one from Napa as well as did my rear pads. Only spent 45min looking for a 10x1.0 Tao to Chase the threads on that caliper to cause they were trash

 

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I’d been noticing a strange rubbing sound coming from my PS rear brake for about a week. It was faint but all of a sudden this morning it was very loud. When I got home from work I pulled the wheel expecting to just replace the pads, I hadn’t gotten around to it yet since replacing the pads and the caliper on the DS. The outside pad is good with lots of meat left, the inside pad however has no material at all, just metal. Which ate my rotor. It appears the piston in my caliper was seized, which I assume is what caused the problem. I am getting a caliper and rotor from Napa tomorrow so I should be back in business.

 

[ppc]

On the rear calipers the primary problem, one pad worn, appears to be the rusty pins not allowing the caliper to float. On the front one pad worn would be the piston being frozen as there are fixed and do not float.

 

[40LandCruising]

On the rear calipers the primary problem, one pad worn, appears to be the rusty pins not allowing the caliper to float. On the front one pad worn would be the piston being frozen as there are fixed and do not float.

Well one of the pins I had to beat out of the caliper too.