Brake rotor removal
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Brake rotor removal
Hey guys, I got right in the middle of painting my calipers, and now I've hit a snag (minor, I'm sure, if you know what you're doing) What do you need to do about the emergency brake when you remove the rear rotors? Do you adjust slack into the cable? Where's the adjustment, if you have to do that. I know, I should buy the shop manual, and I will do that soon, but right now, I'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
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Hey guys, I got right in the middle of painting my calipers, and now I've hit a snag (minor, I'm sure, if you know what you're doing) What do you need to do about the emergency brake when you remove the rear rotors? Do you adjust slack into the cable? Where's the adjustment, if you have to do that. I know, I should buy the shop manual, and I will do that soon, but right now, I'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
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Oh, I neglected to say that I was also painting the rusty and black painted parts of the rotors too. Using spray paint, need to take them far away from the car for that. Easier to clean them up if they're off too.
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Hey guys, I got right in the middle of painting my calipers, and now I've hit a snag (minor, I'm sure, if you know what you're doing) What do you need to do about the emergency brake when you remove the rear rotors? Do you adjust slack into the cable? Where's the adjustment, if you have to do that. I know, I should buy the shop manual, and I will do that soon, but right now, I'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
As was asked, why would you need to remove your rotor to paint your caliper. When I did mine I didn't even remove the caliper.
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Hey guys, I got right in the middle of painting my calipers, and now I've hit a snag (minor, I'm sure, if you know what you're doing) What do you need to do about the emergency brake when you remove the rear rotors? Do you adjust slack into the cable? Where's the adjustment, if you have to do that. I know, I should buy the shop manual, and I will do that soon, but right now, I'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks, Talon. When I felt the resistance, I just stopped, fearing that something would come flying out if I pulled it off anyway. Just a little drum brake in there, isn't it. See my earlier post for why I'm removing them.
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Thanks for the additional info, jrprich. Now I'm thinking that I might learn fewer new bad words if I just cover the car, tape down all the corners to make sure no overspray gets on the paint, and do it without removing those rotors. I really don't want to get into that clip issue.
