brakes Options

[jason]

car pulls. apparently my brake isint releasing, so one side's brakes were still somewhat engaged, while the other side wasn't, thus pulling the car to one side. alignment was perfect, everything was as it should, cept people noticed a burning smell from my car. i took a hell of alot of time to pretty much rebuild my engine, and it was still pulling. till i had the windows down (its cold out) and i heard a sound almost like my parking brake was on.

not sure if its the brake lines (as where the brake line connects to the strut before going to the frame, its a lil rusted, possibly causing a blockage and not allowing the piston to return) or the piston itself is locked.

upon further investigation, i pumped the hell outta the brakes to the point where the suspect wheel could no longer be turned, the other was easy. i then popped off the nipple to the bleeder valve and loosened that... now the brake fluid just ran out, didnt squirt, so im guessing its the piston(brakes still locked after opening the bleeder). yet... i go and take the caliper off, and with the bleeder left open, the piston pushes back super easy... wtf

apply some grease where the pads clip in as they stuck a lil bit prolly due to heat build up, and tried again with everything back together and problem still exists.

this occurs when first driving and also after driving a while so i dont believe its heat dependant. i do plan to upgrade to a larger brake system on all 4 corners in the near future, but in the mean time id like this fixed if not too costly

[DEATH]

Definetely sounds like a stuck caliper. A rebuilt lifetime one should run you $75-100 after core IIRC.
Good luck.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Mar 13, 2008 - 11:59 AM