[DML] Re: Thoughts on brakes

["John Rydholm" <ebondefender@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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