Tag Archives: Brakes

Honda CR-V Rear Brakes

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Dan

It started out as a normal morning doing some maintenance on my brother’s 2001 Honda CR-V.

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My Car: Front Brakes and Ball Joints

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Dan

Time for the first big project of the year on my car.

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Painted Brakes

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Dan

Many high-end performance cars have brakes that come painted, often red, so a popular appearance modification people do is to paint their brake calipers themselves. There’s paint sold specifically for this purpose, in spray form.

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Do We Have Parts?

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Dan

It can be really hard to guess whether we’ll have the parts we need for some jobs or not. A car needed a new glove box and we had it, which I didn’t expect at all, but then something I … Continue reading →

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Bad Design in Brakes

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Dan

So many times I’m working on a car and run into problems doing so because the engineers don’t expect you to ever work on them and put things in the worst locations. Brakes are a frequently serviced part of the … Continue reading →

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Breaking Brakes

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Dan

My sister’s 2003 Subaru Forester had developed an extreme vibration when braking. I’d never felt worse, the entire car would shake. I took it to work on my day off to change the front brakes, and when taking the old … Continue reading →

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