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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 11:33 AM
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Went to change a bad front brake caliper and can't find a match at my local parts store.... any tips as it seems as if I might have an odd ball. Can anyone shed a little light on this as it appears to be the factory axle.
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 07:32 PM
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Well found out what is going on... previous owner must have swapped out the axle with a pre 95 which I found out uses a different caliper. Installed a new one and went to bleed it but whoever assembled the damn thing ran the bleeder valve in so tight that I wound up shearing the thing in half trying to back it out..... now it will be interesting to see how much of a fight I'm going to have to go through to type to get NAPA to replace it. There is no reason anyone should have ever cranked a bleeder valve down that tight.
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 07:51 PM
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My NAPA never gives me any problems with stuff like that. In that situation they would give me something like a bottle of brake fluid n/c for the hassle.
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 08:06 PM
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Really? Hopefully I will be able to say the same thing tomorrow. ....good customer service is unheard of these days.
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 08:38 PM
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6th post down will give you a lot of info. http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/r...posite-835898/
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