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Like most of y'all, I'm doing my part to keep the old girl on the road. Arguably, if I drove her more often this wouldn't be a problem.
I replaced the brake calipers with parts from AutoZone when I purchased her in 2003. They have the lifetime warranty and, due to a small leak on the driver's rear, I picked up this remanufactured Delco Moraine at my local AZ yesterday; $0 cost to me - 22 years later. Replacing the rear pads at no cost too. Total job is setting me back $10 for brake fluid and to be honest, I'm having fun!
Love 'em or hate 'em (personally I'm a fan) AZ has paid off for me.
I miss the old Corvette Forum. Seems like nothing but doom and gloom over here now. Guess this is why I don't share much anymore. Y'all stay cool. I'll be wrenching and enjoying my cars.
We had an AZ open up the street from us about 3 years ago. Nothing but friendly, overly-helpful people in ours.
Autozone calipers are junk since they started to rebuild them in Mexico.
They sandblast and paint the bores. They will always leak because all of the pits from the sandblasting.
I miss the old Corvette Forum. Seems like nothing but doom and gloom over here now. Guess this is why I don't share much anymore. Y'all stay cool. I'll be wrenching and enjoying my cars.
We had an AZ open up the street from us about 3 years ago. Nothing but friendly, overly-helpful people in ours.
Glad to see this worked out for you!
Last edited by avalonjohn; Sep 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM.
I miss the old Corvette Forum. Seems like nothing but doom and gloom over here now. Guess this is why I don't share much anymore. Y'all stay cool. I'll be wrenching and enjoying my cars.
Read the reviews if you don't believe me. Brakes are the last place you want defective parts.
I miss the old Corvette Forum. Seems like nothing but doom and gloom over here now. Guess this is why I don't share much anymore. Y'all stay cool. I'll be wrenching and enjoying my cars.
Every day here is armageddon. Nothing is ever good enough, everything is terrible.
I've run several sets of AZ calipers across multiple C3s, and have had great success. I'm not trying to downplay those who have experienced trouble with them, but acting like you'll have nothing but problems unless you buy from certain manufacturers isn't exactly true.
Every day here is armageddon. Nothing is ever good enough, everything is terrible.
I've run several sets of AZ calipers across multiple C3s, and have had great success. I'm not trying to downplay those who have experienced trouble with them, but acting like you'll have nothing but problems unless you buy from certain manufacturers isn't exactly true.
I have 3 Autozone calipers on my corvette that are close to 20 years old so they were decent back then. When I replaced the 4th one which was leaking I had 2 new ones that leaked as soon as I installed. I will never buy that junk again, wasted so much time bleeding them and money on brake fluid. Brake calipers are the one thing where it is best to spend more for a quality part rather than a poorly rebuilt part that is destined to fail.
It's just that the NEW parts you get are poorly constructed or the quality isn't there. Yes you can luck out and get good parts here and there from all kinds of sellers, but the truth is that it's all about profits. If a seller can get a company to make a part cheaper and faster so the they can make more money than that's what they do. I had a neighbor go through 3 certified GM new replacement parts and all were bad right out of the box. If you can find NOS then that would be the way to go.
2TONE82
Good move. I've bought lots stuff from Autozone and Kragen with lifetime warranties. Works quite well for those of us that don't replace cars every couple of years.
As far as brakes I kept rebuilding my stock calipers because they were sleeved, tried multiple kits multple times, but never the o-rings so that may have been worth it. Anyway -- fixes just didn't last for shitl Probably had to do a wheel a year for year up on year......now then, it coulda been my rebuilding "skill" once or twice, but not over and over for years on end.
After like 28 years I said screw it and bought the willwoods. They have been fantastic. Not a single brake issue in now 13 years.
Don't worry about them. There will always be whiners that'll bitch about anything. Good job on your brakes and keep up the good attitude....... just remember ".....things ain't the way they used to be, and they never were."
Originally Posted by 2TONE82
I miss the old Corvette Forum. Seems like nothing but doom and gloom over here now. Guess this is why I don't share much anymore. Y'all stay cool. I'll be wrenching and enjoying my cars.
We had an AZ open up the street from us about 3 years ago. Nothing but friendly, overly-helpful people in ours.
Glad to see this worked out for you!
Last edited by carriljc; Sep 12, 2025 at 03:45 PM.
Don't worry about them. There will always be whiners that'll bitch about anything. Good job on your brakes and keep up the good attitude....... just remember ".....things ain't the way they used to be, and they never were."
I miss the old Corvette Forum. Seems like nothing but doom and gloom over here now. Guess this is why I don't share much anymore. Y'all stay cool. I'll be wrenching and enjoying my cars.
We had an AZ open up the street from us about 3 years ago. Nothing but friendly, overly-helpful people in ours.
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Originally Posted by SinisterC6
I like that they still have knowledgeable staff to help you out of pickles
Your lucky. Not at my local location, nothing but a bunch of wise *** kids that don't even know what a Carburetor is, let alone qualified to answer any questions.
Your lucky. Not at my local location, nothing but a bunch of wise *** kids that don't even know what a Carburetor is, let alone qualified to answer any questions.
LOL, you really think that for what they pay these people, they have any auto knowledge at all?
AutoZone For The Win; Again.
J U N K !!!
