Brake Caliper Replacement (fyi)
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:11 am
I have a 2000 neon and had a caliper seize up on me. Since Firestone wanted $600 for a brake overhaul (new roters/pads/calipers and fluid flush) I decided to do it myself.
Long story short, I found out that they upgraded the front calipers sometime between 2000 and 2005. The old brake line won't fit with the new caliper. I went to a junk yard and got lines from a car there but I don't know what year it was.
This is just an fyi that if you're simply replacing your calipers with new ones, you'll have to get a brake line too. The dealer wants $30 a peice, I got mine for $20 total at the yard.
Long story short, I found out that they upgraded the front calipers sometime between 2000 and 2005. The old brake line won't fit with the new caliper. I went to a junk yard and got lines from a car there but I don't know what year it was.
This is just an fyi that if you're simply replacing your calipers with new ones, you'll have to get a brake line too. The dealer wants $30 a peice, I got mine for $20 total at the yard.