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Old Aug 6, 2003 | 11:02 PM
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Another brake ?

Ok I almost got my 7 ready. I just put a new engine in it. Well not new but a Jspec, anyway my rear tires are very hard to turn. What would cause this? Stuck E-brake? Or frozen caliper? How do I trouble shoot this? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Old Aug 6, 2003 | 11:06 PM
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Hard to turn as in when the car is jacked up? The brakes do exert a certain amount of pressure that would cause this. Take the tire off and inspect the brakes. Even trying rotating the caliper up to see if it slide off and the pistons push out quickly, then it'd be the E-brake stuck.
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Old Aug 6, 2003 | 11:09 PM
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Probably a frozen ebrake or the piston in the caliper is still pushing on the pad. Does it make any grinding?
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:44 AM
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The car is up on jack stands, the rear tires are real hard to turn by hand. The front ones feel like they have some resistance and make a grinding noise but turn fairly easy. The rotors themselves look kinda rusty as the car has not relly moved since March. I had just boughten the car and it had a bad motor, It is about ready to take out now. Last night I noticed the brake pedal would only move about a 1/2 inch to a inch. Then I went to spin the tires and the rear ones took some force to turn. The front ones turned pretty easy but there was some resistance. I am think oh great I just put a bunch of money into another motor, a new clutch and so on and now I am going to need new calipers to.
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