help sticky brake calapar
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Joined: Jun 1999
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From: Merritt Ils Fl
Most folks will change a nonfunctioning caliper rather than fooling with it. Your life is in its hands, so to speak. If you want to take the risk:
Flush your system until you get clean,clear fluid from all four calipers.
Remove the stuck caliper and exercise it by forcing the piston in with a C-clamp and out by pressing the brake pedal. do not allow the piston to come out of its bore in the caliper. Limit its travel with the C-clamp. Do this until the piston is free then flush that caliper again.
It is possible to take the caliper apart, clean it with very fine oil soaked sandpaper and reassemble with new seals. I do not recommend you take this on unless you are comfortable with the idea.
My real suggestion is replace the caliper.
Flush your system until you get clean,clear fluid from all four calipers.
Remove the stuck caliper and exercise it by forcing the piston in with a C-clamp and out by pressing the brake pedal. do not allow the piston to come out of its bore in the caliper. Limit its travel with the C-clamp. Do this until the piston is free then flush that caliper again.
It is possible to take the caliper apart, clean it with very fine oil soaked sandpaper and reassemble with new seals. I do not recommend you take this on unless you are comfortable with the idea.
My real suggestion is replace the caliper.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: 1994 LT1 Coupe 6-speed with FX3 & 2000 LS1 Vert 6-Speed with F45 Hunterdon County, NJ
might the e-brake cable(s) be stuck?
Originally Posted by 53irishvette
Can you clean the back calapar mine is sticking . The piston will not return so that my brake is slighly drag wearing the pad out It is the back driver side
Thank Joe
Thank Joe
Our 94's driver side e-brake cable was rusted inside so bad the cable would not move -- it caused the caliper to never release, overheating the pads so much it caused the after-market anti-squeal glued-on pad to dislodge and further jam the pad causing it to **** and also wear uneven (PO problems, since fully resolved and replaced by yours truely).
BTW, our center cable was partially stuck too, the passenger side was the only one working fine (although its rubber end was shot so it too was replaced).
