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Success :-) 900 1995

Congratulations on getting the pin out. If it's anything less than virgin, also possibly less than perfectly straight after all your heat and efforts, then consider replacing it. You can also use a micrometer to check for uniform wear down the pin. The actual amount of wear compared to a new pin is usually surprisingly little, which is why I say the bushings wear as much if not more than the pins and it's obvious when you wiggle them to check the slop. Any tapered wear might make seizing up again more likely. Depending on how much heat you used, you may well have ruined the temper. Rockauto has them and they're not expensive.

Rockauto also has the caliper repair kit rubber in assorted kits. They've got a genuine Lucas SJ1229 kit on a giveaway wholesaler clearance for an entire $1.50 at the moment. If I'd seen that the other day I'd have grabbed it along with the rad hoses I just ordered. Note that it's incorrectly listed as for the rears, but obviously it's for the fronts and checking that part number elsewhere indicates the picture is correct. The picture shows it does two calipers. Note that I bought a similarly pictured Raybestos kit from Rockauto a few years agoand when it arrived it was just for one caliper. A quick email to them with a pic and they shipped me a second for free. I usually buy the Raybestos kits as it's a brand I've come to trust over the years for brake pads, but the other seal kits are likely quite adequate for the job.

Be sure to use spray brake cleaner to get to the bottom of the caliper pin bores. A brass wire bottle brush (Harbour Freight and elsewhere) can be used in a drill to polish up the bushing and get grunge free from the bottom. You don't want any dirt in there. I usually end up packing too much Sil-Glide into the bore and end up having to use a C-clamp to press it in and have the grease come squirting out at the neck. For a while it acts like a shock absorber to help retract the pad, but soon dissipates under brake heat to normal action.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now






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