Big Problems :x

jRanck03RT · Post by **jRanck03RT** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:29 pm

well i have not been on the org in a while but i still have my car...but i am having a huge problem. Its my brakes, i have ebc greenstuff pads and slotted and dimpled rotors. But the issue i have it my right front brake is sticking on. I dont know if it is something with the abs system or the booster. Iv checked the obvious live vaccum lines and fluid. The thing that baffles me is it comes and goes....does anyone have anything that could help me fix this?!?!

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:36 pm

It could be the caliper is beginning to bind. Either the piston, or the slides.

jRanck03RT · Post by **jRanck03RT** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:36 pm

When i get home i was thinking about bleeding the system out and then taking the pads off and seeing if they are stuck in someway....this is frustrating cuz i have had to do this a few times before in the last couple of months...and i dnt want to work on this thing in the winter bahhhhhh

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:01 pm

you most likely need a new caliper, they are fairly cheap at pep boys, but you can try greasing the slides (the things the bolts go through).

ewetho · Post by **ewetho** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:32 am

I had to fiht this problem on a ford f-150 the other day and I started witht he caliper as it had a frozen bleeder (and thus I could not bleed the system if it were the hose) and then replaced the hose after that to fix the problem.

Once way to check is if your bleeder screw is working open it and see if the caliper piston will retract. If so it it the hose if not the caliper is bad. If you replace one you should replace both on an axle for balance. But the wallet always seems to win sometimes. If you you replace one side only make sure to clean the piss out of the other side.

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:11 am

occasional demons wrote:It could be the caliper is beginning to bind. Either the piston, or the slides.

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:49 am

ewetho does have a valid point with the hose. Sometimes they will collapse internally and act like a check valve. They can either block flow to, or from the slave . Ideally, the hoses and calipers should be changed, but like mentioned, funds can have an effect.

jRanck03RT · Post by **jRanck03RT** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:23 pm

the hose sounds like it could be bad....yesterday when i was on the highway i had to use the brakes when i can up on traffic and they stuck for a few miles then went away...so the way to test this is to crack open the bleeder and see if i get fluid when the brake is applied? im in the dark when it comes to this lol i can change brakes and things and i know my slides were greased up as of a month ago.

01NeonSnooZer · Post by **01NeonSnooZer** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:51 am

If your slides were greased then I would do what the others suggested and check the lines and/ or fluid. i posted in another thread that crappy, nasty fluid can cause sticking type problems due to the fluid's lubricity being compromised and causing parts to seize together. I replaced the master cyl on mine and fully flushed the brake system with new fluid and another problem i had, a sticking LR wheel cyl, cleared up immediately.

I haven't really encountered any lines collapsed internally (but i know it can happen on occaision) so i don't realy know what to look for.

Other than the fluid and the lines, I would probably go with the calipers.