Finally got around to doing my rear brakes after finally ordering all the stuff last week. I bought the rotors from Genuine Saab, and as expected they were perfect. I got Hawk pads just because of their price on the Tire Rack and they were "Low" on the Satisfied Pro Ceramics. I wasn't really looking for "performance" persay but I wanted something better than OEM. The whole process of removing/replaing isn't that hard for anyone that may be considering doing it themselves. I actually didn't have any trouble with the retainer screw as many people seem to have had.
Old rotor, the right side. Why I needed to replace it. Along with the outside pad being lower than the other three.
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New Rotors installed with the wheel on. Stupid P6000's.
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Now, my one question about the whole thing. On the left side, when I went to bolt the caliper back on, there was this metal plate that went over the side of the caliper. It had a spring that went to the e-brake assembly. The spring is too short to make it from assembly to the metal bracket, however is was attached when everything came off. On the right side the spring fit fine, with only minimal tugging to get it to go attach at both ends. Here's the best picture I could get (above the rotor in the wheel well...)
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There's a general pic of it. Hopefully the red circles and line come out. If anyone knows this is a serious safety hazard, check if I am on AIM and send me an IM at kalvinr11, otherwise email me at kalvinr11@gmail.com. If it's not terribly serious just let me know here and I'll eventually get around to fixing it (like tomorrow if I can). The e-brake works properly as do the brakes themselves. Thanks.
Old rotor, the right side. Why I needed to replace it. Along with the outside pad being lower than the other three.
New Rotors installed with the wheel on. Stupid P6000's.
Now, my one question about the whole thing. On the left side, when I went to bolt the caliper back on, there was this metal plate that went over the side of the caliper. It had a spring that went to the e-brake assembly. The spring is too short to make it from assembly to the metal bracket, however is was attached when everything came off. On the right side the spring fit fine, with only minimal tugging to get it to go attach at both ends. Here's the best picture I could get (above the rotor in the wheel well...)
There's a general pic of it. Hopefully the red circles and line come out. If anyone knows this is a serious safety hazard, check if I am on AIM and send me an IM at kalvinr11, otherwise email me at kalvinr11@gmail.com. If it's not terribly serious just let me know here and I'll eventually get around to fixing it (like tomorrow if I can). The e-brake works properly as do the brakes themselves. Thanks.
