the passenger-side front brake caliper on my '95 Civic CX hatch is not sliding on the sleeves--doesn't move at all. And guess what, the outboard brake pad has a lot more wear than the inboard. On inspection, the lower sleeve looks fine. The problem is: how to inspect and/or service the upper sleeve? All that's visible is a round cap with a little captured rubber plug in the middle, with no obvious interface for any kind of wrench. I pushed on the upper accordion boot & looked inside, but no clues there either. Can anyone confirm whether the upper sleeve is serviceable/replaceable? If the upper sleeve is not serviceable, then I guess the only option is to get a new/rebuilt caliper? I suppose I could also try to free it up w/PB Blaster or equivalent? Any experience out there with this issue? Thanks in advance for any and all expertise!

 

Short answer.

Find the service manual respective to your car using Google. Read up on the brakes.





eH.

 

Both slide pins are serviceable and replaceable. As well as the caliper piston likely also needs servicing.

 

The caliper bracket bolts on to the steering knuckle with two big bolts. You can buy rebuilt "loaded" caliper sets that include the caliper AND bracket, new slide pins, and sometimes even a set of brake pads-- all assembled and guaranteed to work.

 

Im still learning the Honda way, but brakes are brakes, If the caliper is sticking just get a new caliper and pins. For the 50bucks its not worth trying to rebuild it yourself. Now if its sticking because of stuck pins then you can usually free them up with a can of PB blaster, just make sure you glop a lot of grease on the pins once they are free

 

Bolt the caliper bracket back onto the knuckle. With the lower slide pin bolt removed wiggle the caliper and slide it off of the upper slide pin (there's nothing to retain it there, it just floats freely)

If it wont come off either replace the caliper of try other ways to free it up. My expierence has been if it takes serious effort to get it apart the caliper is junk, even with new slide pins the bore the pin runs in usually ends up being pitted so bad the pins seize up again shortly after. Use only synthetic brake grease when reassembling. Never-seize/anti-seize will, contrary to its name, make the pins seize in the caliper.

 

A brake caliper at PicknPull is under $17.99 with $2.99 core, well worth it to check out your local PicknPull for an OEM Honda caliper. 94