So here's a good story... Over the summer, while I was doing brake pads and rotor replacement on my accord, I made a few mistakes, of which one was slightly tearing the boot of the right rear caliper... I didn't exactly realize that it would leak, but come beginning of Jan, I noticed that I had lost brake fluid, and sure enough, it was the right rear caliper. This caliper that I tore the boot off in the summer was a promecanix brand, probably not the greatest quality to begin with but it did the job fine for over a year... so I went and replaced it with a cardone brand caliper, replacement was straight forward as I have done many calipers in the past... After installing the cardone caliper, bleeding the brakes, topping off to full, I checked the brake fluid level a couple times to make sure it's not leaking, and even took a peak under the right rear tire to make sure there's no leaks, this was about 2 weeks into the repair, and all was fine.
And then today I get in the car, and the parking brake light is on... great, look the reservoir, almost empty, check the right rear, and it looks like the brake fluid exploded all over the right rear tire... what in the ****, the promecanix with the boot I tore by accident didn't leak anywhere near as bad, how in the hell does this cardone caliper just piss absolutely everywhere in just under a month?
I know I know, that's what I get for buying aftermarket, but I mean, come on? Not even 1 month? I have bought several aftermarket calipers and never had any issues, and I can't see myself making a mistake on the install, at least I don't see where I could've... In any case, I decided to order a Nugeon brand caliper this time, the only other options were promecanix and cardone (from the store I bought the cardone that is, since they said they would give my money back under warranty), and I'm definitely not buying those 2 again...
And then today I get in the car, and the parking brake light is on... great, look the reservoir, almost empty, check the right rear, and it looks like the brake fluid exploded all over the right rear tire... what in the ****, the promecanix with the boot I tore by accident didn't leak anywhere near as bad, how in the hell does this cardone caliper just piss absolutely everywhere in just under a month?
I know I know, that's what I get for buying aftermarket, but I mean, come on? Not even 1 month? I have bought several aftermarket calipers and never had any issues, and I can't see myself making a mistake on the install, at least I don't see where I could've... In any case, I decided to order a Nugeon brand caliper this time, the only other options were promecanix and cardone (from the store I bought the cardone that is, since they said they would give my money back under warranty), and I'm definitely not buying those 2 again...