About 8 months ago or so I replaced both of my front calipers because one side was squeaky/out of round/wore out and they were cheap enough. So I got two reman calipers from the parts store and put them on, bled the brakes and went out to do a test drive and they worked perfectly. Fast forward to yesterday I was coming home from the gym and noticed some heavy vibration up front like if you were to put brakes on with a warped rotor. I tried to coast down hills in neutral like I would normally do and the car just kept slowing down.

So obviously it was a sticking caliper. I parked the car and went around to feel all of the wheels for heat and the front two were much warmer than the rears and the drivers side was especially hot. I jacked up the car immediately to confirm my suspicions and I was right, the driver's front caliper was stuck. I let the car sit for a few hours then came back and the caliper released itself and could spin easily again.

So my question is what could cause my caliper to go bad again after 8 months? A bad reman? or some other source, MC?

 

anybody have this happen to you?

 

Reman'd anything is always a gamble. Try new from the dealership or rebuilt by someone you know. Can;t really think of an issue besides massive amounts of heat that would soak into that.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by peanut butter &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">About 8 months ago or so I replaced both of my front calipers because one side was squeaky/out of round/wore out and they were cheap enough. So I got two reman calipers from the parts store and put them on, bled the brakes and went out to do a test drive and they worked perfectly. Fast forward to yesterday I was coming home from the gym and noticed some heavy vibration up front like if you were to put brakes on with a warped rotor. I tried to coast down hills in neutral like I would normally do and the car just kept slowing down.

So obviously it was a sticking caliper. I parked the car and went around to feel all of the wheels for heat and the front two were much warmer than the rears and the drivers side was especially hot. I jacked up the car immediately to confirm my suspicions and I was right, the driver's front caliper was stuck. I let the car sit for a few hours then came back and the caliper released itself and could spin easily again.

So my question is what could cause my caliper to go bad again after 8 months? A bad reman? or some other source, MC?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well first off your front brakes use alot more force than the rear so they will always get hotter way faster than the rears. The main question to ask is did you lube your brake slides when you installed the calipers?? or did you just slap them on thinking they were all good? 95% of the time the problem your are having is cause by slides seizing up due to no grease or just very old grease. and it sounds like your rotors need to be turned or replaced again

 

Yes I did grease the slides, I'm **** about those kinds of things, anytime I take apart a piece of suspension, brakes, girls thong whatever I always wipe off the old grease and regrease liberally so I know that is not the issue. The caliper wasn't seized for good because it did release on its own after it cooled down.

My grandpa was telling me that it could be the MC not releasing the brake completely because of moisture/corrosion inside of it, which makes sense but does that ever happen?