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since we are talking about steelies has anyone ever bothered to paint them?

I think the cable is suck or not moving freely at the hub because if I adjust the star wheel just enough that when I slide the rotor back on the shoes are in contact with the rotor and then turn it 2 more times and pull the e brake the wheel will still turn. I think my brake hold down spring tool is too large for the springs? It looks like this but has a red handle http://www.summitracing.com/parts/OTC-4591/?rtype=10

got that stuck caliper pin out with some crazy work but it finally came out.. things I need to do is get my struts installed before winter because riding on snow with blown struts this past snow season was something else..

haha and I wondered who would use such a tiny extension... had to make a youtube clip of it Oh yeah when I took it out 100% no grease on it at all.

I think so too... I've had that issue since I got the car last year one side of the car would hold the car more then the other, while I do have parking brakes again I still have this annoying issue.. from what I understand it needs to be lubed on the part on the rotor hub where it the cable comes in I think it requires removing the brake shoes? What I noticed it seems like my brake hold down spring seems a bit too large in size to push the spring down. well the FSM calls it the "equalizer so I don't know if that means (most likely) when the hand brake is pulled. The 2nd picture is when it's pulled.

One more question I'm looking in the FSM and I'm inside adjusting the parking brake handle but before I touched anything I noticed (they call it equalizer) that pulls both rear parking shoe cables together it's very lopsided.. I haven't seen anything in the service manual talking about what to do if it's like this? here is a shot

Goood news its coming out very slow I found a socket extension that fits in the part with the red cap.. Lots of pb and heat and a hammer..

Yeah I was pretty disapointed I had to check my order sheet.. And not painting white! Lol

Just took the rear off and I see why I could not turn it any more the stupid spring that connects the two pads was getting hung up on the star wheel. Also it could really use some lube.. I will give it one more season then I will do that.

I haven't but I will check when i get back I know when the old stuff was in it took like 8-9 clicks before it held and still then it was iffy on any type of small hill.. I'm going to pull the ebake with the rotor off to see if it's moving at all.. what I don't understand is if new rotors are on why would I need to adjust anything in the car?

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Stupid question but they did it with the caliper on the car? wont that heat the brake fluid up to boil it? I still need a flush anyways... and the boot is not part of the pin. the funny thing is my first Subaru was a 95 impreza.. so clean but when Ii was looking at the ECU pinouts I found out it was a CA model you can tell where most of these cars been that's for sure... I will try the heat on it.

I cleaned the whole thing off with brake cleaner after i took the pictures but what grease should I use? my caliper stuff? I was looking at the FSM before I feel asleep for a few hours and it showed the grease points.. god whoever owned this car last did a piss poor job of whatever shop they took it to :-/

no big difference just helps with mounting the tire.

the gunmetal

waiting for this crane to go on sale

is it possible the shoes are too low? I don't think you are suppose to pull the ebrake with the rotor off.. I hear that the pads will spring off?

it's not me that did this it's whoever the last owner was.. trust me not only was I cursing because I bumped my elbow into one of the lug studs but also because who puts the bracket back on without lube!?!? and ALL the others I had no issues with.. I'm going to try the torch today... but I might have to call these pads done... the pad is pushing too hard still when off the brakes that you can still smell them.. and the sucky part is the pin is stuck in the main caliper body.

got my rrear brakes done only to find I had a stuck caliper pin and the rear parking brakes don't want to contact the inside of the rotor..

Odd it never contacts the inside of the rotor I do know that the spring gets in the way I just wont have a parking brake tonight

Crap I need help, myself did my rear rotors but adjusting the star wheel does not make contact inside the rotor hub im pushing the star wheel upwards

The starwheel is up to move the brake shoes closer right?

Yes it does not sure why it spun... Also ran into one more issue when I put the passenger rear wheel on the wheel locks up and this is with the handbrake off.. If you loosen the bolts the rotor spins free again... Drivers side rear seems not to have the same issue.

I have this same issue the pin is stuck in the caliper part so stuck that when I started to hammer away the bracket started to move but not the pin the bracket around the pin.. Does this mean I need a new caliper now? My last rotor.....

Uh-oh looks like I will need a new driver side rear caliper... You know the caliper pin will its in so tight that the part bolted on the bracket is turning but not the bolt stuck in the caliper... Can I save it? And by bolt I mean the sliding pin