Leaking caliper, quick question.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2001
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From: Okinawa Okinawa
Re: Leaking caliper, quick question. (Rick Church)
Hey Rick, I would think it is okay for short trips just make sure the brake fluid stays topped off.
How do you like your new car? I just started working again up here at Ft. Lee. Car is running good. Just got a new MSD Distributor and control box. Hope everything is going well with you and the family. Take care.
Scott
How do you like your new car? I just started working again up here at Ft. Lee. Car is running good. Just got a new MSD Distributor and control box. Hope everything is going well with you and the family. Take care.
Scott
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From: central FL, near the beach.
Re: Leaking caliper, quick question. (Rick Church)
no, imo it is not safe.
my right front leaks every few years; i just clean it and put on new matching pads the same day i discover the leak.
once i caught it before it got on the pads and re-used them.
Of course if the seals are real old......
my right front leaks every few years; i just clean it and put on new matching pads the same day i discover the leak.
once i caught it before it got on the pads and re-used them.
Of course if the seals are real old......
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From: central FL, near the beach.
Re: Leaking caliper, quick question. (Rick Church)
sometimes a speck of dirt will make it leak.
or lots of specks. i think my RF, while SS sleeved, is not to spec., making it leak with a little dirt, while the others don't.
or lots of specks. i think my RF, while SS sleeved, is not to spec., making it leak with a little dirt, while the others don't.
Melting Slicks
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From: Forest Hill Md
Re: Leaking caliper, quick question. (Rick Church)
Get it fixed, don't wait too long, If it leaks enough to fling out and onto the car, you are looking at a new paint job :eek:
Mine took the clear coat off the rim but didn't make it to the body however a guy in my club picked a car up in the middle of the country and didn't know his front passenger side was leaking. By the time he made it home the whole side was destroyed :mad
Lesson learned :cheers:
Mine took the clear coat off the rim but didn't make it to the body however a guy in my club picked a car up in the middle of the country and didn't know his front passenger side was leaking. By the time he made it home the whole side was destroyed :mad
Lesson learned :cheers:
