front caliper is frozen
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front caliper is frozen
hey guys,
well i was checking my 93 fd today and to see if there were and thing that needed to be done before state inspection, everything seemed okay until i tryed to rotata my front left wheel by hand it it was stuck, i know that the caliper is frozen/stuck as one might call it, well i was wondering if theres a way to "unstuck" it, im thinking about removing the calipre and pushing the pistons back to see if it will get stuck again. any ideas?
well i was checking my 93 fd today and to see if there were and thing that needed to be done before state inspection, everything seemed okay until i tryed to rotata my front left wheel by hand it it was stuck, i know that the caliper is frozen/stuck as one might call it, well i was wondering if theres a way to "unstuck" it, im thinking about removing the calipre and pushing the pistons back to see if it will get stuck again. any ideas?
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That's just what I would do. If it's messed up, I'd just get a good used caliper and replace it.
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I had this exact problem i would be driving down the rode and they would get stuck after braking and i would feel them holding my damn car back. I rebuilt the calipers and it stopped rebuild kit is cheap and easy plus it gives you an excuse to paint them.
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yea but its holding the car back quite a bit i dont want to overheat the rotor and pads, they are new, also the car wont roll down a small hill in neutral its holding it like im aon the brake pedal a little bit.
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Did you check your brake pedal adjustment to make sure it's not pre-loading the MC? Just a thought as I've seen people (not necessarily on here) adjust their pedal with worn brake pads. When new brake pads are installed, since they are full thickness they end up dragging on the rotors from the adjusted brake pedal that was done on worn pads.
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I had just the smallest amount of rust on the piston lead to jammed up brakes!!
emery cloth did mine wonders, or even 1500 grit wet sand paper... clean everything!!!!!
then clean again...
emery cloth did mine wonders, or even 1500 grit wet sand paper... clean everything!!!!!
then clean again...
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Did you check your brake pedal adjustment to make sure it's not pre-loading the MC? Just a thought as I've seen people (not necessarily on here) adjust their pedal with worn brake pads. When new brake pads are installed, since they are full thickness they end up dragging on the rotors from the adjusted brake pedal that was done on worn pads.
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