Pneumo
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Hello Again!
Yesterday after spending a few days in the Aspen CO area and crossing some gnarly mountain passes, I came to an abrupt stop at a stop light. As I came to a stop, I heard and felt something mettalic snap. I tentatively pulled away from the light and heard a nasty metal on metal grinding sound. I pulled over and took a look. I found that my passenger side front rotor had seperated around the circumfrence of the radiused collar. I was able to pull over and the homeowner nearest allowed me to work and stay in their driveway. A good samaritan came along and offered to help. He ended up calling a an auto parts store and driving to pick up some new fromt rotors for me. When he got back, we struggled to get the remaining portion of the rotor off, managing only to do so by beating it with a hammer. Similarly, the intact front rotor was significantly more difficult to remove. An hour of bashing later, we were able to remove the now destroyed rotor. Both had excessive amounts of rust on the mating surfaces between the rotors and the hubs. New rotors were installed as were the old pads for the time being.
This morning I drove to the auto parts store who happened to have rear rotors and pads for both the front and rear. I installed the new rotors and pads in the parking lot, finding that the bottom parking brake shoe on both sides missing, and began to add the new pads up front. Unfortunately I found one of the sliders to be completely seized with rust, preventing me from installing the new pads. The boot had failed and allowed the ingress of water and salt. Liberal amounts of penetrant, taps with a hammer, and attempts to move the pin with clamps failed. I reinstalled the old pads with the new rotor and ordered a new caliper and new parking brake shoes and plan to install those tomorrow. Unless anyone has any advice regarding the slider, my life would be much better if I didn't have to swap the whole caliper to rectify the issue.
I have yet to search the forum in depth for information regarding caliper replacement because the situation happened so quickly, but I plan to do so tonight. I am more than a little concerned about being unable to remove and reinstall the new caliper without destroying the brake line fittings. I've started treating the fitting on the caliper with penetrant, hopefully that will help.
Just my luck, a CEL appeared as soon as I started the van after working through these issues. Autel is giving me the following codes "3130-8 MIL ON&Stored" "2951-8 Stored&Current" "2641-8 Stored" "2510-1 Stored" "2089-1 Stored"
I had the 2951 code within the past 2k miles and cleaned the EGR Valve and temp sensor, which resolved the issue. I'm honestly unsure what course of action to take for these codes. Can anybe clarify what the "MIL ON" status signifies? Or is the "current" code the only active one?
Any advice for the caliper swap or codes would be greatly appreciated! If I missed anything major, just ask, its hard to keep my thoughts straight while typing this out on my phone.
Thanks in advance!
-Pneumo
Yesterday after spending a few days in the Aspen CO area and crossing some gnarly mountain passes, I came to an abrupt stop at a stop light. As I came to a stop, I heard and felt something mettalic snap. I tentatively pulled away from the light and heard a nasty metal on metal grinding sound. I pulled over and took a look. I found that my passenger side front rotor had seperated around the circumfrence of the radiused collar. I was able to pull over and the homeowner nearest allowed me to work and stay in their driveway. A good samaritan came along and offered to help. He ended up calling a an auto parts store and driving to pick up some new fromt rotors for me. When he got back, we struggled to get the remaining portion of the rotor off, managing only to do so by beating it with a hammer. Similarly, the intact front rotor was significantly more difficult to remove. An hour of bashing later, we were able to remove the now destroyed rotor. Both had excessive amounts of rust on the mating surfaces between the rotors and the hubs. New rotors were installed as were the old pads for the time being.
This morning I drove to the auto parts store who happened to have rear rotors and pads for both the front and rear. I installed the new rotors and pads in the parking lot, finding that the bottom parking brake shoe on both sides missing, and began to add the new pads up front. Unfortunately I found one of the sliders to be completely seized with rust, preventing me from installing the new pads. The boot had failed and allowed the ingress of water and salt. Liberal amounts of penetrant, taps with a hammer, and attempts to move the pin with clamps failed. I reinstalled the old pads with the new rotor and ordered a new caliper and new parking brake shoes and plan to install those tomorrow. Unless anyone has any advice regarding the slider, my life would be much better if I didn't have to swap the whole caliper to rectify the issue.
I have yet to search the forum in depth for information regarding caliper replacement because the situation happened so quickly, but I plan to do so tonight. I am more than a little concerned about being unable to remove and reinstall the new caliper without destroying the brake line fittings. I've started treating the fitting on the caliper with penetrant, hopefully that will help.
Just my luck, a CEL appeared as soon as I started the van after working through these issues. Autel is giving me the following codes "3130-8 MIL ON&Stored" "2951-8 Stored&Current" "2641-8 Stored" "2510-1 Stored" "2089-1 Stored"
I had the 2951 code within the past 2k miles and cleaned the EGR Valve and temp sensor, which resolved the issue. I'm honestly unsure what course of action to take for these codes. Can anybe clarify what the "MIL ON" status signifies? Or is the "current" code the only active one?
Any advice for the caliper swap or codes would be greatly appreciated! If I missed anything major, just ask, its hard to keep my thoughts straight while typing this out on my phone.
Thanks in advance!
-Pneumo