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Old 04-26-2007, 12:12 PM
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Default Re: Freeing rusted brake caliper pins

I lived in Dayton for a while, four years actually.

Never had a problem with the pins in the brakes, but my rotors are rust-frozen to the hubs...makes for very brake-consciencious driving.

Toyota doesn't add anything to their fasteners during assembly other than thread lock...your alignment cams will eventually sieze as well.

In that sort of corrosive environment the best thing you can do is get something like Green Grease (I know, I keep caning that stuff, it's better than Mobil-1 tho) and put a coating on everything you want to be able to move later (where appropriate, anyway). Same goes for rubber parts as well...303 Aerospace Protectant worked very well in Ohio. Make sure you're using thread lock and torquing everything to the FSM spec. As long as that's all the case, you'll be ok even with the corrosive environment...just rinse the truck a lot in winter, and if you notice rust spots clean the loose rust, rough the surface, and throw on Rustoleum or POR-15.

-Sean
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