so i did my brakes yesterday and the drivers side font wheel had uneven wear, pretty hilarious uneven wear, the passenger side front was fine





i just want to make sure that the remedy for this is just cleaning out and greasing the bolts that the calipers slide

12/28/2007 11:29:26 AM

did the caliper slide freely when you took it off?

12/28/2007 11:47:14 AM

i couldnt tell because when i removed it i just pulled it apart without thinking about it

12/28/2007 12:28:04 PM

caliper frozen, or caliper flex. did you flush the fluid out after you changed the pads. did you only change the pads. resurface rotors?

12/28/2007 4:53:54 PM

for those pads they were new with new rotors

thats about 50,000 miles on them

i greased up the slides and it moves well but it wants to drag just a bit

im going to flush out all the lines tomorrow because its never been done

12/28/2007 5:00:28 PM

sometimes deteriorated rubber hoses will cause calipers to hold. I've had this problem on quite a few old vehicles.

12/29/2007 10:13:21 PM

if i may ask are these off a gm

12/29/2007 11:23:51 PM

i flushed them out yesterday and the bleeder had enough rust inside of it to completely clog it so i think that there is probably corrosion inside the caliper, but there wasnt a dust cap so who knows. i think im just going to replace it even though the car brakes fine and doesnt pull.

a reman caliper for $70 bucks, cant beat that

^ not a gm

12/30/2007 10:03:41 AM

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"if i may ask are these off a gm"

dumbass



anyway, take the pins out of the caliper and clean and grease them good, along with the slots the pads go in and the back side of the pads

[Edited on December 30, 2007 at 10:55 PM. Reason : dont waste money on a caliper, if the piston were sticking, both sides would be worn]

12/30/2007 10:55:00 PM

cool

ill do that tomorrow

thx

12/30/2007 11:21:49 PM