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Post by mulewrong on Jun 6, 2012 21:38:00 GMT -5
Had to put a new caliper on the rear of my 350... So I pull the caliper go to Advance Auto parts in Lagrange match up my caliper with the one they have. Everything looks good pay my money, go home put this thing on and for 2 days try to bleed the air out of the brake system. 3 quarts of brake fluid through the system, still can't get a pedal.... Advance sold me the wrong caliper, the only difference between a right and left caliper is the placement of bleeder screw. They sold me a right caliper for the left side which puts the bleeder screw on the bottom of caliper.... Air rises, the difference between the right and left caliper the bleeder screw has to be at top of caliper to bleed the air out! All the bull shit I went through to figure out the issue Advance lost a customer. The dude at advance says... oh yeah there's a foot note in computer I didn't know what it meant. GRRR
So if anybody else has to change the caliper on your F make sure your bleeders are at the top
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Post by JoePieper on Jun 6, 2012 23:09:21 GMT -5
I worked at Nationwise Auto Parts back in the mid 90s. (They went out of business in 1995) Even then I knew that much. That guy at Advance is a MORON
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Post by ktpelec on Jun 7, 2012 5:14:25 GMT -5
That scenario has been going on from the first time disc brakes were used....
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Post by wasitr on Jun 7, 2012 8:38:32 GMT -5
If you matched them up you should have seen that the bleeder screw wasn't the same . 3 things that a novice shouldn't try to repair on vehicles are brakes, exhaust and steering. Do one wrong and you may end up killing yourself or somebody else if not done correctly. Advance is good for nothing, except maybe free code pulling. Not trying to bash you or anything like that Mulewrong. Just for future reference, if you were in a jam and needed to get the air out you could have removed the caliper and put a piece of 2x4 in between the pads, flipped the caliper over ( if the hose would permit it ) with the bleeder facing up and bleed the air out and then re-installed onto the rear axle.
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Post by JoePieper on Jun 7, 2012 12:48:20 GMT -5
Even I could have missed that. He may have been in a hurry or stressed out. We all make mistakes. We are human. But if you learn from that mistake then you are that much wiser. And he was smart enough not to road test it with no pedal. I once went to take a belt off and instead of turning the tensioner I sheared the bolt off the idler pulley. A trip to Pull A Part and 4 hours later had it all fixed. But hey now I have a set of easy outs if I ever need em again. And before you flame me I was looking at the diagram from Auto Zone. It had the idler and tensioner backwards and it was on a Taurus. Next time I grab a flashlight and double check.
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Post by mulewrong on Jun 7, 2012 17:12:46 GMT -5
If you matched them up you should have seen that the bleeder screw wasn't the same . 3 things that a novice shouldn't try to repair on vehicles are brakes, exhaust and steering. Do one wrong and you may end up killing yourself or somebody else if not done correctly. Advance is good for nothing, except maybe free code pulling. Not trying to bash you or anything like that Mulewrong. Just for future reference, if you were in a jam and needed to get the air out you could have removed the caliper and put a piece of 2x4 in between the pads, flipped the caliper over ( if the hose would permit it ) with the bleeder facing up and bleed the air out and then re-installed onto the rear axle. I've been doing brakes for years, first time I came across a bleeder at the bottom of a caliper, but after googleing it seems it a fairly common mistake. Bad thing is I took old caliper with me to parts store to match it up. Caliper was exact match but I didn't pay attention to placement of bleeder... Learn something new everyday Shit happens, not the first mistake I've made... And I've spoke with several fellow trades people, all competent individuals, they were surprised the bleeder placement made and issue as well... But again makes sense air rises and all.... Oh well learn something new everyday.... Just thought I'd share, save other people the aggravation
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Post by ragtop69 on Jun 28, 2012 22:37:51 GMT -5
wow.....another thing I can not stress enough that I see all the time is NEVER NEVER NEVER use compression type fittings on brake lines Did I say NEVER.... Always double flare old style brake lines and use new lines pre flared for the new metric bubble flare Be carefull out there please.
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