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98 Accord EX Rear Caliper ?
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Re: 98 Accord EX Rear Caliper ? -
04-25-2007
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Clockwise. http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/Brakes.html#ScrewIt View the video on that page. |
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"jim beam" <spamvortex (AT) bad (DOT) example.net> wrote in message news:N5idnR2ElIQPXrPbnZ2dnUVZ_vyunZ2d (AT) speakeasy (DOT) net... have you any idea how much r&d goes into a frod? it's billions. and 98% of it is directed at life [and cost] limitation. their cars are designed to /just/ last target mileage, then suddenly get prohibitively expensive to keep. the bean counters think this makes them money apparently. now, how much market share do frod have again? That's a pretty strong but unsupported statement Jim. Also what has been the best selling vehicle in the U.S. for the past 25 or so years? Also, don't recall any Ford with 13 or more possible replacement combinations for the passenger's side cv axle as with a 94 or so Toyota Camry. |
I used to work very closely with the OEM parts industry that supplies
the automakers, both domestic and foreign.
I never personally saw any attempt at design life limitation for the
sake of design life limitation, or attempt at deliberate obsolescence
for the sake of obsolescence.
What I DID see was copious evidence of cost-cutting. Everything was
designed to last just about so long primarily because statistics showed
people didn't keep or drive their cars past a certain point, so there
was no point in putting excess money into a part that would never get
used to the point of failure.
When a five cent reduction in cost on a high-volume parts is a
significant saving, there is a considerable and constant push to find
every possible penny of savings in the cost of building a car.
What I also did see was considerable effort at making *important* parts
(like engines and transmissions, tires, brakes and shocks) last LONGER
before failure. They would make the tiniest changes that you would not
think were worth the effort, all to the end of getting just bit longer
life.
That's why engines and transmissions last 300K now instead of 100K, like
they did in 1970. That's why you no longer have to replace shocks and
tires every 20K miles, like you did in 1970.
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Tegger
The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/
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And, as far as warped rotors, there are two things to do to keep rotors from warping: buy decent rotors, and torque the lug nuts. |
A bit more complex that that. Maybe a bit more than a bit.
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/bf/bf100326.htm
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I've been doing my own brakes for 6 years, |
Been doing mine for 25.
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and in all that time I had one set of rotors warp...and then, somehow they straightened themselves out! |
Then it wasn't "warp". Probably either corrosion or glaze that eventually
wore off.
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Tegger
The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/
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"GM" <comments7407 (AT) att (DOT) net.no.spam.net> wrote in news:iGcXh.353033$5j1.124248 (AT) bgtnsc04-news (DOT) ops.worldnet.att.net: If the parking brake is actuated through a lever on top of the caliper, then the lever must be hard against its post (once piston slack is taken up) before the cable is adjusted. If the levers are not against their posts, back off the parking brake cable adjuster until the levers are against their posts, then take up the parking brake cable's slack. Make certain that the clevises can swivel freely. If they are seized, PB cable adjustments will be incorrect. Incorrection will also result if the caliper pistons are seized, which is a distressingly common occurrece. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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