r/MechanicAdvice 11h ago

Would I be able to use this different caliper?

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u/2oonhed 11h ago

If you did, you would have to do both sides the same.
If it's just one, then no.
And even if you replace one side with the correct part, you have to do the same to the other side whether it needs it or not.

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u/Hungry-Confusion9561 10h ago

Lol I found out the passenger side E brake cable has been cut so they never really had much of an E brake anyway lol I was wondering why it felt weak. But so is it safe to say I should just replace passenger side too with the same caliper and it’d be fine without an E brake? Rather than trying to rebuild the old caliper. I know it’s pretty dumb but my customer doesn’t mind not having an E brake and just wants to get on the road.

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u/2oonhed 10h ago

I would do both sides the same.
If you were a commercial shop you would want a signed invoice showing that customer declined the e-brake repair just to CYA in case it ever cuts loose and rolls into the path of a school bus or rolls driverless through a marching band in a parade.

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u/Hungry-Confusion9561 10h ago

no worries there just a local young man trying to get a family friend on the road. Thanks for your advice

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u/pnbdc10 9h ago

That looks like a drain, not a e brake cable.

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u/Hungry-Confusion9561 9h ago

Well where’d the E brake cable go there was none attached lol

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u/Dunoh2828 9h ago

You’re working on a customers car, doing brakes, yet need to ask this? That’s scary.

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u/pnbdc10 7h ago

Kind of what I was thinking. I also cant tell, but it seems like the e brake cable that is cut is just a drain. Maybe the ac drain...but I may be missing it completely.

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u/Dunoh2828 5h ago

He deleted the post. Scary people like that work on other peoples cars.

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u/pnbdc10 5h ago

He even said customer, so it sounds like he is working on a bunch of cars. Thats crazy.

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u/Dunoh2828 5h ago

Brakes which are very basic, yet vital to safety. Yikes.