New to the Forum HB Owner

[alexhenryj]

Batavia is just a hair over 6 hours away, unfortunately. Montreal, Quebec, Vermont, and New Hampshire are closer to my relative location.

The tech called me last night at 8:30. He swapped the swap bar and freed the caliper. However, my front? ebrake cable is broken and I need to pick that up at some point today.

This isn't all bad as I've been driving my wifes car which has a/c, it's going to be in the 90's today.

[zanegrey]

so ... you are back on the road...?

[alexhenryj]

We're running great. One of the slides for the caliper locked up. He took it out lubed it up and make sure it was working. The ebrake cable snapped as he pulled it to put it in the lift. I never use it and it is the original one. I was debating just letting it go until I get the truck inspected again in March but I decided to just order a cable and have the same guy install it. I paid him $45 for labor to the caliper work and installing a front sway bar.

The ebrake cable is $80, direct from Nissan through the parts department at the shop I used to work at. There was no close junk yards that had anything. The closest yard that had anything possible would cost me $40 just to get there and back.

[zanegrey]

so the caliper was not froze??
the slides are kinda of tricky and a lot of guys just overlook them.

it is best to buy new cable ..

park the truck in reverse while you are w/o the e brake.

i always park it in reverse any way ..

it might have been a good test for you .

something to think about b4 you do a timing chain job...

[alexhenryj]

As long as I know I have someone to clean up my mess, I'm alright :-). The timing chain might be fun but I might end up having it flat bedded away. I should make sure my AAA is up to date, ha ha.

I took the truck on a 150 mile jaunt through upstate Vermont while I was test driving random vehicles in Burlington. It did fine going up and down the mountains at highway speed. I think I'll be in good shape to get to Albany and back (165 miles one way). Thanks for all the help.

[zanegrey]

if it is rattling when you start the engine and then quits ..
it is time to put on a new t-chain and guides ..
if you keep driving it like that have your money ready to buy a new engine..

which i sell by btw...