So a few month back I heard a hell of a noise in the right front wheel well during my morning commute, thought maybe I wound a cable around the axle while on I5, There was a Les Schwab across the street from work so I figured I'd bring it over. Car made an odd scraping noise on right front but only when I was backing up (?)
Turns out the big 17mm bolt on the bottom of the caliper bracket had vibrated out, so the caliper would pivot UP in reverse, good thing it wasn't the top bolt...yikes!
Les Schwab replaced the bolt and mentioned something about making sure it wouldn't come loose again , NO CHARGE, nice.
Fast forward 6 months, I'm finally going to put the Avalon dual piston calipers on with BIG rotors and Akebonos. I drive to the local (level) HS parking lot and get to work. I get the left done in record time and then...The right bolts will not move. They used some permanent locktite on the entire thread of both bolts, and I didn't have my torch and I got no brakes on one side...
I beat on the 17mm wrench with a 4lb sledge for 10 min, then I end up standing on the 24" breaker bar until it finally moves, maybe 10 ft lbs away from shearing off the head..
new brakes are great but I guess I got what I paid for at LS...
Turns out the big 17mm bolt on the bottom of the caliper bracket had vibrated out, so the caliper would pivot UP in reverse, good thing it wasn't the top bolt...yikes!
Les Schwab replaced the bolt and mentioned something about making sure it wouldn't come loose again , NO CHARGE, nice.
Fast forward 6 months, I'm finally going to put the Avalon dual piston calipers on with BIG rotors and Akebonos. I drive to the local (level) HS parking lot and get to work. I get the left done in record time and then...The right bolts will not move. They used some permanent locktite on the entire thread of both bolts, and I didn't have my torch and I got no brakes on one side...
I beat on the 17mm wrench with a 4lb sledge for 10 min, then I end up standing on the 24" breaker bar until it finally moves, maybe 10 ft lbs away from shearing off the head..
new brakes are great but I guess I got what I paid for at LS...