MooreJo02

For the last few weeks I've noticed a humming from the rear driver's side, and assumed it was a wheel bearing (I know it's not a good idea to drive on bad wheel bearings, but money's tight and I had no other choice)

A few minutes ago I got the wheel in the air and when I spun it, it didn't want to spin freely like the brakes weren't fully released. I had an issue in the past where the brakes on that wheel were only wearing down on the inside. The inside pad wore down to the metal and chewed up my rotor, while the outside pad was probably at 80% life.
I fixed it (supposedly) after lubricating and installing new slide pins since the old ones were stuck and didn't want to move.

The other side spun fine, so now I'm thinking the brake problem has come back and it's not a wheel bearing.

Any thoughts?

holmesnmanny

could be the piston seizing, you should be able to tell when you try to pull the caliper off the pads, it will be really tight

MooreJo02

Is​​​ the solution to this just new calipers?

holmesnmanny

it's always possible to rebuild the caliper but ya just replacing the caliper is the trick