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haha no not really.

I just put on new rotor disks and ceramic pads on my 07 civic.

The front right brake pads aren't contacting or surfacing on the rotors. They still look brand new. Even after I mashed on the brakes at 90mph today.

All the other rotors look broken in good. Brought it to the Honda Dealer. They're stomped.

Anyone experience a faulty Caliper or piston before? Same problem?


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Did you bleed the whole system and replace with DOT3 or 4?

Still have to bleed...will happen on thursday.

Might be part of the problem, but are you sure it's a bad caliper? maybe brake fluid just isn't reaching it

I'll find out when I do a flush. Using DOT 5 on Thursday.

My 1st brake job. YAY

im pretty sure i can go where are you gonna do it at.

Make sure your car can use dot 5 cuz it's silicone(I beleive so) based and if the brake system isn't for it then it will form bubbles in your brake system and you'll have problems

more knowledge please. did not know that DOT 5 is Silicone.

Someone told me just stick with Dot 4.

I'll be bleeding the brakes and flushing the system on Thursday around 5-6pm...however long it takes.

I'm in the learning stage also.

Make sure you have two people to bleed the brakes. I'm sure there are ways to do it by yourself but that would probably take a longggg time.

And DOT4 is more than you would ever need for a street car but it doesn't hurt.

The difference between them is there boiling points. Dot 3 has the lowest of them, dot 4 is a bit higher and dot 5 is the best usually only used in exotic cars. If your not sure don't go with dot 5, few vehicles call for it and like I said it will bubble up in your brake lines, hoses, etc. And mess things up. And yeah u need two people, one pumps the brakes and holds the pedal depressed and the other opens the bleeder valve. Repeat untill air is out of caliper and do the other ones.

nik do you have a white fox body convertible?

tits or gtfo

dot 5 is synthetic. if it says do 4 on the lid put dot 4 in it. dot 3 like wise. dot 5 just softens hoses if it isnt designed for it.

AZ93 wrote:

nik do you have a white fox body convertible?

yup

that was you then. nice stang. i was gonna throw up a deuce but the slowass dude in front of you wouldnt move

i think fluid isn;t getting to the caliper. If a flush doesn't fix it I'll just bring it back to the dealership

AZ93 wrote:

that was you then. nice stang. i was gonna throw up a deuce but the slowass dude in front of you wouldnt move

haha it gets me where I need to go. It's a good dd for school and a good parts runner when I'm workin on the other one

haha id take any fox body im gonna probably get one once im done with my 71 stang and my truck i have just always liked foxbodys more than most years of the mustangs.

Well when you do I'll help you work on it and give u some suggestions. Love fox body's more than anything, they're my life.

also dot 3 and 4 have corrosion protectants where as DOT 5 does not so when you go to DOT 5 more than likely there will still be a little moisture in the system and corrode your lines away

The front left brakes are still not contacting. The caliper is acting weird. I guess bleeding/flushing the brakes will do the job. I might just bring it to Honda and have them do it.

something isn't letting fluid to the caliper. hose is plugged, twisted, jammed, pinched....etc...

Ill see what im doing after school and ill call you if i can come help you bleed em.

try blowing it out with shop air

sorry stimutacks i couldnt come i had a ton of stupid homework sorry man. nik theres an 88 foxbody over at auto plaza its got the 5.0 and a 5 speed im defintely gonna talk to my parents about maybe trading.

that 5.0 was so unreal! except for those gay ass alatezza taillights!! haha it would be an amazing car to have

yeah im probably gonna talk to my mom about it. it would suck though because i just got new plates a few weeks ago so i woulda wasted the plate money but its definetly worth it. haha lets see how many chicks try to lead me on then.

AZ93 wrote:

yeah im probably gonna talk to my mom about it. it would suck though because i just got new plates a few weeks ago so i woulda wasted the plate money but its definetly worth it. haha lets see how many chicks try to lead me on then.

you will get next to nothing for your car..im guess they will offer around $500, max. unfortunately.

haha billy no offense just take a look at this RETAIL LISTING low retail is $4,258

remember, that doesn't figure in mileage, and, when we went to trade in our 1997 jeep Wrangler for a new one, they offered us $800 (that was the highest, out of about 4 dealerships we went to) it had like 86k on it at the time. Dealers are ripoffs when it comes to trades..look up book on a 97 wrangler with 86k, probably more than your car.

what dealer did you go to and what were you trading it for. my monte is in better shape than my truck and they were gonna give me a grand for my 83 f350 when i went to trade it in for an 81 bmw 325i

http://www.nadaguides.com/usedcars.aspx?LI=1-21-1-5013-0-0-0&l=1&w=21&p=1&f=5014&m=1199&d=663&y=1997&vi=9327&z=59102&mi=86000

those are tradein values, which are ALWAYS lower than retail values.

http://www.kbb.com/kbb/UsedCars/PricingReport/1997_Jeep_Wrangler_7984_Private%20Party_Excellent.aspx?SelectionHistory=7984|33054|59101|0|0|298816|true|298822|true|298827|true|298841|true|298849|true|298887|true|298918|true|298946|true&Mileage=86000&PriceTypePath=Retail

theres private party, which is about $2000 lower than retail.

you have to copy/paste the KBB one for some reason..and we went to Lithia Dodge, Underriner, Bob Smith, and whatever one is like across from denny menholt..

thats the difference man dealerships that are more focused on new cars give ou less than lots that are used car lots.

AZ93 wrote:

thats the difference man dealerships that are more focused on new cars give ou less than lots that are used car lots.

either way, your car probably wont even make it on the lot if you trade it in, it will go directly to auction, where they will be HOPING they can sell it.

and if you are going to Auto Plaza, i can almost guarantee you they will offer no more than $1000, it will probably be around $500.