Over the weekend I changed (the above) on the both sides of the rear of my car.

Upon inspecting the torque member on the left rear, I noticed that I had a seized pin.

I couldn't get the pin out of the socket and so I'm borrowing a torque member for the moment. where do I get the Pin bolt, Pin Boot and Torque member in fairly new condition? Is the torque member the same for all 3rd gens?

 

Same part for all 3rd gen's w/ rear disc brakes

 

NO!!! not true!!!

89-90 has stubby torquemembers and small pads. 91-94 has longer torquembmers with bigger pads. so that's why the inner brackets are the opposite (big 89-90, stubby 91-94)

slidepin bolts are the same tho.

OP what year is your car (why do people never list their year/model/location on here? makes life so much easier...) anyways?

 

Thanks for the reply!

I've got a 1992 GXE with production date of 1992-Jan.

 

ok, so any 91-94 tqmembers will work for you. autozone sells the 91-94 torque members online for $33ish

 

I've still got a couple of used ones in my basement I think

 

Now here's the thing..I can reuse it if I unseize the pin. Is this a bad idea to reuse the caliper bracket? Or is a new bracket a must?

 

nah unless something gets stuck then you only ever need to replace pads and rotors and maybe brakelines if they're old. just clean all the dirt and old grease off, apply new grease, and go. the only reason to replace one is if the slidepin is seized (or if there's just some nasty gunk in the slidepin hole that prevents it from sliding freely), so when you get that slidepin out do your best to clean that hole out. i've never had to do this, but i think some brake parts cleaner and a stiff-bristle pipe cleaner will do a good job cleaning the gunk off the inner walls of the pin hole unless it's coated with hard gunk (ie, rust or calcified deposits)