$600 2000 C3500 CCLB

[frito-bandito]

The new caliper looks a lot better. That should rectify this issue

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[Frank Enstein]

There's 2 sending units one for ecm and one for gauge so one for gauge could be reading inaccurate

Poor connections anywhere along the way will make it read wrong. I cleaned the terminals behind the cluster and bent them a little higher. It's important to just go a little if you pull them out too far they can be damaged or prevent the cluster from being plugged in. I pulled the ones in in Frank and gained 2 volts and 15 degrees!

I pulled the ones in my wife's Astro too far and barely got them fixed.

 

[frito-bandito]

Got her on the road this evening, yes I was nervous as hell. But I drove it around a good while and simulated all different kinds of braking from light braking from 70 mph, to medium braking at around 45, even a couple of panic stops. The pedal did initially feel weird, but I slammed on the brakes a couple times on my gravel driveway and then re bled them. If you’re having soft pedal issues, I HIGHLY recommend you try this. Locking up the brakes on gravel as we all know forces the ABS to engage and allows you to purge the remaining air out of the brake system. This was the first time I’ve ever tried this, and I’m very impressed!

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Top pic is the old new caliper, bottom is the one I got today, there is a hugggee difference.

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Of course now it’ll take me a long time to not be a little gun shy when approaching a busy intersection, but the more I drive it, the more that anxiety will decline.

 

[frito-bandito]

Also adding a parking brake pedal assembly to my junkyard list. I found out the hard way that the pedal is real hard to press, and it is a pain to get it back up. I inspected the whole system and something definitely is not kosher in the pedal mechanism.

 

[Frank Enstein]

I think maybe something like that happened to your rig before you got it based on the before photos!

 

[frito-bandito]

I think maybe something like that happened to your rig before you got it based on the before photos!

Hahahaha definitely something happened lol. I know they abused and neglected it, I was reminded of that when I greased it this afternoon.

 

[454cid]

To me that old caliper looks like the outside was machined thinner. You can see a machine mark at the "bottom" of the caliper, and the edge profile is different between the two in the area where the pad sits. I think heavy braking eventually bent it. I know a brake piston is strong enough to bend a c-clamp.

 

[frito-bandito]

The senior citizen parking area at work lol

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[HotWheelsBurban]

The senior citizen parking area at work lol

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Nah man that's the cool truck parking lot!

 

[Dravec]

I'm in the market for a C1500 truck, Burb, or Tahoe/Yukon for daily driver duty. I'd love a truck like your coworker's rig. Shame I'm so damn picky, and nothing local really fits my bill.