Front Brakes
 

Well, after my brakes began vibrating, I decided to check them out. The rears were fine, but the fronts, man they were a bit painful. On both sides, I had one of the sliders frozen in place, and therefore causing the vibes. It was a PITA to get it moving and finally taking it out. After I greased the hell out of it with silicone-based grease, and a new pair of rubber bushings, they went in fine, and the rest was a breathe. The good part was that with my employee discount, a $280 job only cost me $110!

yeah because the Calipers get so Hot and then have to Cool down so often , it causes the piston to seize, i had that problem when I put on my Cross drilleds and pads .
Bruce

The guys at work told me that this is the most common brakes problem with Protege/Escort and even other small cars like ours.

i seem to have a problem with the stopping capabilities of our brakes. does anyone else seem to notice that it takes a considerable amount of effort to stop the car. i did check the brakes and theys seem fine; alot of life left on both pads and rotor. is there a solution to this, possibly better pads that grip better then OEM that you guys know of? thanks.
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Vaporizer tv

funny thing , I noticed that my 323 can outstop my Protege anyday.. and not to mention lock up the rear drums with ease.. and both cars have 13's ..
I am wondering what the difference is in the braking systems of a 1st gen lx and 2nd gen dx..

[yellllll] local junkyard [/yelllll]

Well, for one, I think 323 is lighter then 2nd gen pro. Secondly, on most cars, rear brake bias can be easily adjusted so you can lock the rears up really easy. Maybe the previous owner of 323 had them tweaked? Who knows?

I somewhat agree with the braking capabilities with the protege. I'm now driving with 15 inch rims and it aint a pretty city trying to brake with the car. If i press the brake real haard, the car seems to shake while the car slows down so I'm changing the rotors. I'm getting cross drilled rotors.

Getting cross-drilled rotors will not help you any. If you haven't replaced your brakes in a while and think they need to be replaced, just get regular rotors with really good cecramic or composite brakes. Also, my brakes made my car shake too, so check your sliders, I am pretty sure that both of them are frozen, one each side: very common on our cars.

I replaced the brakes when we got the car last year. So its been about 11 months since it was last changed and trust me, i've used the brakes to the fullest. lol but everyone's tellin me, worn rotors can cause the car to shake during braking so I ordered some cross drilled with new brakes and if anything else needs to be worked on when the mechanic works on it, he'll let me know

Ok, if this is the case then, you should be OK, with the cross drilled ones. They are really good, especially if you have a nice pair of pads. The only difference you will see, is going to happen during repetative braking, because these rotors dissapate heat better then stock ones. Goodluck.