Driving home last night looking for a parking spot, the right front started making a funny , very high pitched squeek/squeal. It was constant as the car was moving. Also when I did hit the brakes, they were making a nastier than normal grinding noise and I definately smelled the unmistakeable odor of brake dust.... I know something isn't right, and as best I could tell (I can't pull the caliper on the side of the street) there's more than enough brake pad left (HP+, 6 months old, 3-4K mi.)
I think the caliper is stuck, or starting to become stuck, I drove it again today, it was fine when cold, but by the time I got back home, it was starting to do it again. The wheel didn't feel overly hot, the left felt the same as the right, and the outside of the rotor isn't showing any funny wear marks. I can't tell whats up with the inside. Am I on the right track?
Same line of stuff.... is picking up rebuilt calipers from Napa or Autozone an ok thing to do? Or am I better off shelling it out at Honda for new ones?
There's 54K on the car, it has been tracked and autoXed. I wouldn't be surprised if something was starting to go.

 

well you might try taking the calipers off and inspecting them. not sure what car you drive but depending on if it's front or rear, you shouldn't need anything bigger than a 19mm wrench. i'm not sure what they're called but the holes where the bolts go in, push them in and see if they pop back out. it has the rubber boot thing on there. just see if it goes in and out easily. if it does, then i don't know. i'm gonna guess that it doesn't so go to napa and pick up some grease. not sure what type. i think just regular silicon will work. ask the guys at napa. they should know. just re-lube it up and put everything back together. should be fine.
i'm gonna go on the assumption that you have and idea what i'm talking about. for my rsx, i have 1 piston on the caliper. i think almost everyone does unless you have brembos stock or something (no idea what car you drive) just use a c-clamp to push the piston back in before you put the calipers back on or you'll sit there for a long time trying to figure out what's wrong...lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ejaeyoon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well you might try taking the calipers off and inspecting them. not sure what car you drive but depending on if it's front or rear, you shouldn't need anything bigger than a 19mm wrench. i'm not sure what they're called but the holes where the bolts go in, push them in and see if they pop back out. it has the rubber boot thing on there. just see if it goes in and out easily. if it does, then i don't know. i'm gonna guess that it doesn't so go to napa and pick up some grease. not sure what type. i think just regular silicon will work. ask the guys at napa. they should know. just re-lube it up and put everything back together. should be fine.
i'm gonna go on the assumption that you have and idea what i'm talking about. for my rsx, i have 1 piston on the caliper. i think almost everyone does unless you have brembos stock or something (no idea what car you drive) just use a c-clamp to push the piston back in before you put the calipers back on or you'll sit there for a long time trying to figure out what's wrong...lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

You win the most worthless post ever.
It says what I drive in my sig, so "i don't know what you drive" means you can't read. And I said I can't take it apart on the street. So what good was anything you just said?
I know how to take the calipers apart, but doing it means that I gotta drive 40 miles to a friends place to do it, so before I do, I'm looking for a confirmation of correct diagnosis, not a DIY to solve it, I already know that.

 

That's why they say "No good deeds go unpunished" He's just trying to help and I don't understand why your retarded *** gotta flame him..

 

Ok, then you tell me what out of that would be useful to me.
Here I'll even break it down for you.

well you might try taking the calipers off and inspecting them. not sure what car you drive but depending on if it's front or rear, you shouldn't need anything bigger than a 19mm wrench.
as previously stated, its in the sig. It can also be implied by being in this forum, I've got one of the three cars encompassed by this forum
i'm not sure what they're called but the holes where the bolts go in, push them in and see if they pop back out. it has the rubber boot thing on there. just see if it goes in and out easily. if it does, then i don't know.
Definition of stuck caliper, yet again, completely useless to me. I'm already aware of the condition, which is what I'm trying to remedy.
i'm gonna guess that it doesn't so go to napa and pick up some grease. not sure what type. i think just regular silicon will work. ask the guys at napa. they should know. just re-lube it up and put everything back together. should be fine.
one of several solutions to the already known problem. As previously stated, I can't take the car apart on the street in downtown Washington. Not only does it look like I'm jacking it, there's no room to do it
i'm gonna go on the assumption that you have and idea what i'm talking about. for my rsx, i have 1 piston on the caliper. i think almost everyone does unless you have brembos stock or something (no idea what car you drive) just use a c-clamp to push the piston back in before you put the calipers back on or you'll sit there for a long time trying to figure out what's wrong...lol
seems like rambing merged with how to do a brake job. I'm more than well aware of what a brake caliper looks like.

I go through pads every 10-15K, It just so happens it's yet to jam up on me.
Now, back to the question at hand. Given the symptoms as noted on top and given the fact that I've now repeatedly said I can't rip my car apart on the spot (if I could, I would have already and I wouldn't be on here asking)... does this sound like it could be a stuck caliper?

 

my passenger side caliper is from autozone just because i work there but i've yet to have any problems with it.

 

U go throught pads every 10k?!?!?!?

what kind of pads do you use?

 

dude, just trying to help. if i didn't help then just ignore what i said. not everyone puts their car in their sig so i didn't pay attention. if you know what the problem is, why are you online instead of fixing it? by not being able to fix it on the street, i thought you meant when you had the problem. if you don't have a garage, then go to one. it's easy. why are you getting mad at me?

 

hes trying to help and u just become a total asshat to him.

you're asking for sure signs of a stuck caliper, so i think a definition would work well.

if i asked "what exactily is a gorilla?"

i would expect a definition of a gorilla.

learn to be nice. i was going to help you, but now im not.

 

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I'm online looking for an answer because it was SUNDAY AFTERNOON. What shop is open that I can run to on sunday? no one is open.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eMpAtHy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hes trying to help and u just become a total asshat to him.

you're asking for sure signs of a stuck caliper, so i think a definition would work well.

if i asked "what exactily is a gorilla?"

i would expect a definition of a gorilla.

learn to be nice. i was going to help you, but now im not.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats not the question I asked. I asked for symptoms, not what it was. Its 2 completely different questions.
I didn't ask what it was. I asked for symptoms of it. The latter question requires knowledge of the definition of the issue at hand or I would just be on here saying "something's wrong with my brakes and I don't know what it is". Simple deductive reasoning would have led you to believe I know what a stuck caliper is if I'm trying to equate a specific set of conditions to it. Think along the line of a doctor visit thinking you have the flu. "Doc, I've got a runny nose, a fever, pain in my joints and I can't eat anything." Doctor says, yes you got the flu, if he thinks its something else, he says nope, its herpes.
The doctor doesn't say "The flu is a virus that infects your immune system." That would be the answer to the question "what is the flu, doc?"

I didn't ask what a gorilla was, your analogy is completely invalid. The proper analogy would have been "how do I know if a gorilla was in my car?" and the answer to it wouldn't be "a gorilla is a furry primate". The answer would be something to the effect of "there's hair on my seat, a banana peel on the floormat and gorilla poop on my windshield." (which would be the reverse of the logic in my original post, but still work) 2 totally different questions, 2 completely different answers, one does not answer the other.

It doesn't matter. Its monday, situation is under control.

 

Besides everybody rambling on with useless arguments I'd like to contribute.

If a caliper on one side of the vehicle has stuck or failed, it will not grab, thus the car will pull to the side with the working caliper when braking.

My "conjectures" on what is wrong: Race brake pads suck in terms of noise and squeeling. Mine will make an unusual noise while hot under light braking. Learn to live with it, or go get some new pads, get your rotors resurface, and make sure you properly "bed in" the pads according to the manufacturer's instructions.

 

I know they make noise. This isn't my first set of brakes. The issue is when they fail to stop making noise AFTER you release the brake pedal. Problem's been solved, the RF caliper went bad and is slow to open, which is what I figured from the get go. Its being taken care of.

 

man, a guy trys to help and all he gets is flamed. Don't worry about it ejaeyoon, hes just a noob hater