RE: [DML] Re: Thoughts on brakes
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RE: [DML] Re: Thoughts on brakes




John, I rebuild Delorean caliper all the time as well as sell kit's if you
want to try to do it yourself.
John Hervey
http://www.specialtauto.com/delorean-parts/brakes-rotors.html



-----Original Message-----
From: John Rydholm [mailto:ebondefender@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:28 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Re: Thoughts on brakes





Hey, thank you, I appreciate the advice! By the way, what about
calipers? Unless a worstcase scenario, I would seriously try to avoid
replacing/rebuilding the calipers as they are so expensive and hard
to find and/or fix. I'm not quite sure how new the ones on my DMC-12
are. I can probably get the rotor/pad/shim kit easily.

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "thebrave65" <johnnysher1@xxxx> wrote:
>
>
> I went with OEM and they work fine.  You might want to check your
> rotors for glazing.  If you can see your reflection in the rotor,
> they are probably what's causing the squeaking.
>
> Case in point: I rebuilt my entire brake system but didn't have the
> rear rotors turned like I did the front.  Now the rear brakes
squeal
> with new pads.
>
> Johnny
> 5518
>
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> > I've been shopping around for brake pads for my own DeLorean and
> > wondered what others thought were a good brand/type. I could
always
> > go the OEM route or through pjgrady.com. Given the fact that I
> can't
> > actually take it to a "Bob's brakes and donuts" kind of place,
what
> > are your opinions? Thanks, all! -John
> > PS: So far I believe it's just the pads, due to the slight
> squeeeaak
> > I get when I slow down. But just for the heck of it, go ahead and
> > throw calipers into the topic if you want.








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