**how to check front calipers??**

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Jun 19, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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hey guys,

i have a 91 bird, which has sat for awhile...I figured i would change the pads since it was too hard to rotate the wheel when it was jacked up...so I pulled the calipers off, which was hard to get off...

i tried to compress the piston manually/c clamp, but wouldnt go...

I tried to hit the brakes, but the piston would not extend...

any IDEAS???

thanks,
Ron
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Jun 19, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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Re: **how to check front calipers??**
Prolly froze up, new calipers for my maro are $11 a piece so...
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Jun 19, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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Re: **how to check front calipers??**
With exchange/Core they are CHEAP >>> Just buy new!
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Jun 20, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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Re: **how to check front calipers??**
anyway to unfreeze them???


where did you buy them from ???

autozone is $85 each for new.....
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Jun 20, 2009 | 11:06 AM
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Re: **how to check front calipers??**
Quote: anyway to unfreeze them???


where did you buy them from ???

autozone is $85 each for new.....
I'd make sure that price isn't for a pair, or they didn't give you the price for 1LE calipers. At Napa, IIRC mine were $14 each, and there was a $20 core charge on them.

If your current calipers are frozen you should at least rebuild them, but it doesn't cost much more for new ones than to rebuild your current ones, so...
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Jun 20, 2009 | 11:09 AM
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Re: **how to check front calipers??**
Take in the old ones >>> I only paid $12 a piece for mine!
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