So, this is the third rear driver side caliper I have gone through in the past year.

1) when I bought the car
2) the one I replaced the OEM with locked
3) the replacement for the second caliper is now locked

both times I replaced the calipers I replaced them with a "loaded caliper" set from the local autozone.

when I say "locked" I mean "piston won't retract" so the pad just rubs all the way down until it doas nothing. WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS?!? I have Earls SS brake lines that are only 4 months old on there. Two of the three calipers were SS lines and the first was OEM lines.

::shrugs:: I just don't wanna go through warranty crap or the time to replace it again. I asked a local mechanic and he gave me the usual "we'd have to look at it" crap.

 

Okay and how old is the MC...sounds like you got something in the lines some kind of crap or you live in the salty sea.

 

master cyl or somethig stuck in the line or prop valve

 

Once it locks have you tried to bleed that caliper and see if it will release? I had a motorcycle caliper that would lock due to bad MC. I could bleed it and then it would release I would attempt that before you do another caliper. Just something to think about.

 

Hmm...not sure how old the MC is or the prop valve...thought about putting the '91 EX MC in.

I don't believe bleeding it would do anything; I've tried taking it off and trying the "c clamp" technique only for it to tick me off more Thanks for the suggestion tho.


Modified by staticCRX at 7:19 PM 11/1/2005


Modified by staticCRX at 7:20 PM 11/1/2005

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by staticCRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hmm...not sure how old the MC is or the prop valve...thought about putting the '91 EX MC in.

I don't believe bleeding it would do anything; I've tried taking it off and trying the "c clamp" technique only for it to tick me off more Thanks for the suggestion tho.


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on the rears u dont need a c clamp.....the piston actualy acts like a big screw...when u press the brakes it turns and it tightrnd instead of compressing...i learned the hard way....now i have to replace it..

 

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on the rears u dont need a c clamp.....the piston actualy acts like a big screw...when u press the brakes it turns and it tightrnd instead of compressing...i learned the hard way....now i have to replace it.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't know why...but that just totally foncused me?¿ So what you are trying to say is that you can't push it in but you can twist it back in?