Topic: Cottin pickin brakes and water heaters.....grrrrr.
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So the right rear caliper decides to freeze up on my Mazda6 wagon. Since it has 140k mi I will do both sides. 2 calipers @ 85ea, 2 rotors @ 24ea, and pads @32.
For the life of me I could not get the old rotors off. I beat them, sprayed them, and heated them cherry red...no go. I had to order 2 new axel hubs @ 110ea.
Put everything back together, it looks sooo shiney. Bleed brakes multiple times....no good. Now I am ordering a new master cylinder. 94.00. Had another car do this to me too. Waiting on m/c.
At the same time my water heater let go while I was not home. Grrrr not now!! 986.00 its fixed but water went everywhere. Looked at old heater and found a small leak in the back of it also besides the big one.
Seems to have been dripping for quite some time. I have to replace 1/3 of the flooring and 1/2 the wall panels due to moisture and mold.
All I want is a repair free Christmas.
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I feels yer pain, my man! Water heater explosions ain't no fun attall!!
On the rotors...front or rear? Did you happen to notice a small, Phillips head screw in them anywhere around the hub area? Most have a fastener of some sort to keep them attached to the hub from the factory.....just throwing that out there....little late now, but it might help in the future.
On the rotors...front or rear? Did you happen to notice a small, Phillips head screw in them anywhere around the hub area? Most have a fastener of some sort to keep them attached to the hub from the factory.....just throwing that out there....little late now, but it might help in the future.
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These were the rears. The rotors had 2 screws which I removed. The M/C should be here Thurs afternoon.
The key lock for the locking lug nuts broke too. Got to get a key from the dealer, no one else carries them.
Life goes on.
I feel your pain! I had my whole basement flooded by a water heater once!
Barry
Fun stuff fixing cars isn't it..I've cut the rotors off cars before..torch worked good..no fun when everything is stuck together..hopefully you're done for a while.
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Wull...iffin ya'll dint live up thar in Yankeeland, whar thuh tin worms had a buffet ever day tuh feed on, that sorta stuff wouldn't happen.... 
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