Front caliper releasing pressure
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Melting Slicks
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From: The 7th layer of hell - Western Washington
Front caliper releasing pressure
After feeling some braking weirdness I found that I had severe pad taper on the right front due to one of the caliper slider pins being frozen in the bracket.
I replaced pads and rotors on all 4 corners, installed braided stainless lines on all 4 corners, and did new (GM OE) calipers/brackets/pins/hardware on the fronts.
Test drive showed that the pedal was very mushy on initial pump and pulled left, a quick second pump the pedal was rock hard and the car stopped great in a straight line.
Back into the garage I found that the right front caliper is releasing pressure on the rotor - so much that it takes an extra pump to get it sucked back in. We've bled this thing to death and are not getting any air out, plus with a firm foot there is no sink in the pedal - and absolutely zero leaks in the system.
Anybody have an idea WTF is going on here? Air somehow in the ABS system, faulty caliper from the factory? I'm at a loss, and the car is on jack stands - so toss out your ideas if ya have em...
I replaced pads and rotors on all 4 corners, installed braided stainless lines on all 4 corners, and did new (GM OE) calipers/brackets/pins/hardware on the fronts.
Test drive showed that the pedal was very mushy on initial pump and pulled left, a quick second pump the pedal was rock hard and the car stopped great in a straight line.
Back into the garage I found that the right front caliper is releasing pressure on the rotor - so much that it takes an extra pump to get it sucked back in. We've bled this thing to death and are not getting any air out, plus with a firm foot there is no sink in the pedal - and absolutely zero leaks in the system.
Anybody have an idea WTF is going on here? Air somehow in the ABS system, faulty caliper from the factory? I'm at a loss, and the car is on jack stands - so toss out your ideas if ya have em...
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: The 7th layer of hell - Western Washington
yep, bleeders are on top. we installed speed bleeders, and did the flushing speed style just leaving them cracked and pumping away, then finished off the bleed with closing the bleeders like they were standard open style.
Burning Brakes
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