The brake system on my '88 seems to have gone horseshit. When I got it, it literally had to brake pads left.. all the way to the rivets. So I just thought from normal wear.. so I replaced those. Well, had a guy that was going to buy it, so I wanted to drive it around and make sure it was road worthy to go the 200 miles. I drove it for abouut 15 mins and took off thhe pass wheel and noticed a lot of heat. Looked at the rotor and it had 2 cracks from the center all the way to the edge. Brought it to the parts store and they said its shot, from heat. The brakes are not disengaging, more so on the pass side anyway. To me this would mean I would have to go through the whole front brakes and rebuild it or whatever. Am I correct? If so, what am I looking at? Is it really something that a fairly inexperienced person should tackle, or bite the bullet and have a professional do it? As it is I will be replacing both rotors, but not until I get the brake system fixed. Any help would be beneficial. I did notice that the flex hoses are cracked in a couple places, and I remember a couple people saying to get those replaced. What do you guys think? Am I looking at a lot of money either way if I do it or if a pro does it?
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19 years ago