I notice when i start driving i hear a rudding noises coming from the rear brakes. The brake pads are good. I took of the wheel off and started to spining the rotor. I could hear the pad rubbing and holding back the rotor from spinniging freely, big time friction. When took out the brake pads it spun so freely. I cleaned and greased the metal thing that hold the brake pads on and put the brake pad back in. Spun the rotor again with the pad on the disk, but with out the calipers holding on the the pads. Still spun freely. When i put the calipers over the pads. That is where the problem is, back to the friction again. I think the calipers are holding too tight. How can i make them not hold so tightly.


Modified by realis9 at 10:00 PM 2/11/2006

 

Grease the slide pins!!

 

ROTOR

anyway mine rub too...always thought it was normal lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by walker111 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Grease the slide pins!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

And adjust your E brake.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RTW DC2R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ROTOR

anyway mine rub too...always thought it was normal lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

Grease the slide pins and I will bet it stops rubbing.

 

where/what exactly is the "slide pin"?

 

31 and 17

 

and be careful of the boots, make sure they aren't twisted or ripped.

 

thanks Ill give it a looksee when I swap out the rear pads soon

 

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I greased the wrong thing. I greased #21. I think my problem could be that the e-brake is to0 tight, but i will do both. Now how and where do i adjust the e-brake? to make it more slack?

 

Greasing 21 wont do anything....

 

I pm'd you with how to adjust the e-brake.

 

Can you post how to adjust the e brake ?

I wanna do it too.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by walker111 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I pm'd you with how to adjust the e-brake.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

You can adjust your e-brake by taking the center console off, there you will see how to adjust it.

 

o.k i adjusted the e-brake and i greased up 37 and 17. I even push the piston back in. With the piston back in, the rotor spun freely. As soon as i pressed on the break pedal again, it was back to the pistons holding the brake pads too tight. I mean it holds it pretty tight. What should i do now?

 

It sounds like one of your rear brake calipers is sticking.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It sounds like one of your rear brake calipers is sticking.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's both the rear wheels. How do i go about fixing that problem?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by realis9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's both the rear wheels. How do i go about fixing that problem? </TD></TR></TABLE>

That's odd.

Try disconnecting your e-brake completely to see if it's a problem with the adjustment of the e-brake.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

That's odd.

Try disconnecting your e-brake completely to see if it's a problem with the adjustment of the e-brake. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i put a lot of slack in the cable and it was still grabbing the rotor. The only time the rotor spun freely was when i push the piston back in. As soon i hit the brake it starts grabbing again. Constant grabbing even when I'm driving. The only time i really head it loudly is in the morning when i begin to drive the car, then after i don't hear it as loud any more, but if the car is off and i push it i can hear both the rear disk rubbing.

 

Might be time to get some new piston seals...

 

can something like too much brake fluid cause that? too much pressure in the system? maybe a brake flush might help?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RTW DC2R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can something like too much brake fluid cause that? too much pressure in the system?</TD></TR></TABLE>
No! It would just overflow the reservoir.

My vote is that this is normal. If you can spin the rotor with the wheel off and the brake pads in place, yes they drag, but as long as it's not stuck I think it's fine. They don't always spring back far enough to be super-smooth spinning.

Just my opinion.

-Chris

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RTW DC2R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can something like too much brake fluid cause that? too much pressure in the system? maybe a brake flush might help?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No..Thats why we have a brake reservoir.


Since its both wheels I bet its something with the Ebrake. Im not sure how hard it is to remove the ebrake from the rear calps. Thats where I would start.

 

Im talking about if the reservior is already full...

 

If you lubed the slide pins sufficiently then I would have to go with Chris. If the car is off and sitting still a bit of resistance is fine. Car on and moving the brakes will relax eventually. Now if this is alot of resistance you need to look into it more. Like someone else said you might need a caliper rebuild.

What kind of miles are on the calipers? What weather have they been exposed to?