46Nole
11-18-2003, 04:44 PM
well, ran into yet another problem with my vert. just got new ball joints,fixed. so i'm looking into springs and shocks/struts.but as i was driving home, driver rear tire sounded like it was gonna fall off. turns out my caliper seized up and only one pad(inner) was working, so it wore down to nothing. the mechanic said it rusted and he had to torch that bitch to get caliper(i believe the outer) to move, said he packed it with anti-seize and replaced with new pads. gotta go back thursday morning to check if everything remains "fixed". this is really getting annoying and frustating, i know i got 74000 miles and i drive somewhat free spirited(like pendragon, just not all time, nor do i ever see hangtime), but my underbody is going to hell. is this normal for hard driven(i tend to take turns and corners kind of fast) cars? maybe it's a sign that i need to upgrade my suspension :P. does anyone know if i need to get the k-member/a-arm package, or can i simply get tubular a-arms and replace my crap(they look like ford took a piece of steel and stamped it to resemble an a-arm) a-arms. thanks for any help