Well, after years(not even kidding, like 2-3) of the parts sitting on the shelf. The front brake project is now complete.
Everything from the soft lines out has been replaced with new parts. Raybestos for the calipers/rotors/pads, NAPA for the soft lines, and USA Made Timken for the unit bearings.
This project would have been done a couple of weeks ago, but somebody hit my left hand with a 3lb sledge while driving in the wheel studs
Had to weld a nut on 1 of the unit bearing bolts that was rounded off from the previous person/owner who serviced the brakes, and ended up turning another into liquid after the welding trick would not work. Other than that, the job wasn't nearly as bad as I had worked it up to be.
Used the Element3 pads again, these have an HH rating, should be good for friction. I don't remember ordering the "racerboi" s-groove rotors, but according to Raybestos they are better. I would bet they were on sale when I bought them and cheaper than the straight Element3 Rotors that I have on everything else.
My scan tool did the autobleed on the ABS system with no issues, a nice little surprise. Did the process twice and hand bled the screws twice all the way around.
Still need to go out and bed the pads in, but after 18"+ of snow and then a few inches of rain and some above freezing weather, my road is a complete mess, so it will have to wait a few days for things to dry out.
Old stuff, pads were in okay shape, but both rotors had high spots:
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The one that fought me until the bitter end:
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All new and ready to stop:
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