One of those days!

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2008 10:59 pm

Leave out of the house at 7:00 AM this morning to go wheelin. Drive about 4 miles to the gas station and while filling up I begin to smell something like rubber burning. I reach down to the left rear rotor and it's HOT! Have to drive back home, jack up the KJ, pull the tire, throw on a C-clamp to compress the piston. C-clamp bends, unbolt the caliper, pull the pads. They're almost down to the metal, so no damage to the rotor. Undo the brake line and hang it with a baggy tied on the end. Run in the house, call Advance auto parts, cell phone drops call 3 times in a row, finally get through, they have a left in stock but not loaded with pads. Fire up trusty Ford Ranger, drive to parts store, get caliper and a set of pads. Get back, jack up other side of KJ, pull tire, compress piston with bent C-clamp, remove pads. Mount new caliper, attach brake line, move to other side to install pads and low and behold, 2 car loads of unexpected company shows up. Guess I wasn't meant to wheel today :!:

BeepBeepJeepJeep · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2008 11:17 pm

KJ04 wrote:

Leave out of the house at 7:00 AM this morning to go wheelin. Drive about 4 miles to the gas station and while filling up I begin to smell something like rubber burning. I reach down to the left rear rotor and it's HOT! Have to drive back home, jack up the KJ, pull the tire, throw on a C-clamp to compress the piston. C-clamp bends, unbolt the caliper, pull the pads. They're almost down to the metal, so no damage to the rotor. Undo the brake line and hang it with a baggy tied on the end. Run in the house, call Advance auto parts, cell phone drops call 3 times in a row, finally get through, they have a left in stock but not loaded with pads. Fire up trusty Ford Ranger, drive to parts store, get caliper and a set of pads. Get back, jack up other side of KJ, pull tire, compress piston with bent C-clamp, remove pads. Mount new caliper, attach brake line, move to other side to install pads and low and behold, 2 car loads of unexpected company shows up. Guess I wasn't meant to wheel today :!:

Wow, I ran out of breath just reading your post.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 12:32 am

Those pesky calipers suck dont they.

One of mine locked up last summer... Fun times..

KJ04 · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 7:34 am

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Those pesky calipers suck dont they.

One of mine locked up last summer... Fun times..

What gets me is, the dealer replaced both my rears at 15,000 miles under warranty, and now, almost 13,000 miles later the left rear goes out again.

At least Advance Auto Parts has a lifetime warranty on the caliper.

One of those days!

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