my car makes a noise when i reverse, and then brake, it sounds like the pads get stuck, then come loose and slam against the rotors. it happens only the 1st time i back up when i go to drive my car. it also seems to get worse if i turn and brake... could it be my calipers?

 

Check the pads on both sides and if one side is worn down more than the other, it's your calipers...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EVIL_Vap133 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Check the pads on both sides and if one side is worn down more than the other, it's your calipers... </TD></TR></TABLE>

VAP, dude, i already know from the last time i did my brakes that that is true. the inside pads always wear faster, significantly faster than the outer pads... thanks for the tip! what are my options? rebuild the calipers? kragen calipers? oem? aftermarket?

ps, piranhas are cool! how are your fish?

 

i have a set of 88 crx Si calipers in good condition...if they are the same as 91 let me know

Thanks,
VINCE

 

wait...after i read what you said about the inside pad wearing faster i realized somthing...correct me if i'm wrong but i think all you need to do is pull off the caliper and grease up the area where the caliper goes over the pivot on the mounting bracket. It makes the caliper slide a lot more freely...i used high temp grease on mine last month.

Thanks,
VINCE

 

Hmm I'm having the samw problem with my rear teg disc's on my EG.....like a squeel but not.....do you guys think it could be a bad "hubb"??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AgentJam &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wait...after i read what you said about the inside pad wearing faster i realized somthing...correct me if i'm wrong but i think all you need to do is pull off the caliper and grease up the area where the caliper goes over the pivot on the mounting bracket. It makes the caliper slide a lot more freely...i used high temp grease on mine last month.

Thanks,
VINCE</TD></TR></TABLE>

This might do the trick since you say that one pad on the same caliper is more worn than the other right? Or do you mean that the driver side is more worm than the passenger sides pads or vice-versa?

 

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This might do the trick since you say that one pad on the same caliper is more worn than the other right? Or do you mean that the driver side is more worm than the passenger sides pads or vice-versa?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i mean that the both driver and passenger side calipers do the same thing, the inner pads both wear faster than the outer pads... so maybe if i just grease the slide pins huh? if so, awesome!

 

yep that should be it...when i finished my brake job i could move the caliper easily with my pinkey after i greased them.

 

my rear pads wear uneven.......one side of the pad will be worn all the way while the other side is new........like at an angle.......sticky calipers?? How do I go a bout tearing the rear calipers apart???

 

Are you asking how to get to the rear wheel cylanders and take off the whole brake assebly? or just how to fix the actual wheel cylander once you have it in your hand?

Thanks,
VINCE

 

just a little follow up..

well i resurfaced my cobalt friction rotors and put in some new axxis ultimates, and the noise seems to have gone away. i guess maybe it was caused by the uneven wear of inner vs. outer pads.. maybe. Thing is that this time they weren't that bad. maybe soemthing like 1 mm difference in pad thickness... so i'm not 100% sure.

also, axxis ulitmates do not bite NEARLY as hard initially as hawk hp +'s do. I already miss that awesome bite and hard pedal feel... but i'm not missing the dust, noise, and ground up rotors.. hopefully they won't ever come back with these pads. thanks for everyone's help!

 

I guess I'm asking how do I remove the rear calipers and lube them up, I think I have a lil frozen caliper action going on....

 

i'm not sure if the rears are different from the fronts.. because i have drums, but its easy to do for the front. all you have to do is get your car jacked up and the wheels off and on jack stands. then, if you notice, there are 2 pins that the caliper slides on, with the caliper piston on the inside of the car. The pins allow the use of only 1 piston, because they put the caliper force on both sides, rather than one. i think this style is called "floating calipers." whereas there are "fixed" type as well, with pistons on both sides.

anyway, you undo the bottom pin, 12mm, and you must push the piston back into the bore with a c-clamp. this releases the pads and the whole caliper covering should swing up and out of the way. now there are only 2 bolts holding the caliper on the steering knuckle. undo those (17mm i think), and your caliper is completely loose, except for the brake line, which you don't need to undo. from there, just pull the pins out and regrease them and you're good. make sure the boots seat nicely.

 

yeah I know how to do the front....but using that method in the rear wouldn't seem to work too wel....hmm maybe I'll dick around with it today..