Bad Calipers?
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Bad Calipers?
Okay i have been chasing this squeak while braking for along time..... posted several times on here. I had new pads and rotors and shortly after developed a bad grinding/warped rotor sound. I didnt belive it cause the brakes where all new so i kept driving it, and taking the brakes apart and inspecting them to see if i could find anything...Nothing
So 8000 miles later i broke down and took my farley new rotors in to be turned and alas... one of the rotors was warped really bad.... but my dumba** didnt mark what side it came from, so i have no idea what caliper would cause it...
Anyways I turned the rotors and got some new thermo quite brake pads and the problem was fixxed... then a couple of days later i could hear it faintley comming back and after a couple hundred miles its deffinetly back... So i think i might have a bad caliper that could be hangin up or somthing causeing my brakes to overheat and warp... only problem is which one..
And No i havent slamed on the brakes at any point...
Sorry for the lengthy story...
Any help?
So 8000 miles later i broke down and took my farley new rotors in to be turned and alas... one of the rotors was warped really bad.... but my dumba** didnt mark what side it came from, so i have no idea what caliper would cause it...
Anyways I turned the rotors and got some new thermo quite brake pads and the problem was fixxed... then a couple of days later i could hear it faintley comming back and after a couple hundred miles its deffinetly back... So i think i might have a bad caliper that could be hangin up or somthing causeing my brakes to overheat and warp... only problem is which one..
And No i havent slamed on the brakes at any point...
Sorry for the lengthy story...
Any help?
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caliper slides back and forth on two pins. you took out the small bolts to pull lthe caliper off. --- take the two pins out and wiwre brush, then anti sieze them. they must slide very easy in and out. little rubber boots keep the crud and water off them. make sure you have anti sieze or brake lube on the ends of each pad and back side where puck pushes. if things are dragging, you will see the damage on the disk.
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my old 89 F250 had a recall on the front calipers. seems the pucks were too big and when they got hot, stuck in the bore and would not release. have not heard of that problem in 15 years, but you might push the pucks in all the way with a c-clamp, then put a 2 x 4 in the hole and pump it back out with the brake pedal-- do it 2-3 times to make sure everything is free.---- that and the two pins is all there is to it!
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I'm thinking this my problem..
caliper slides back and forth on two pins. you took out the small bolts to pull lthe caliper off. --- take the two pins out and wiwre brush, then anti sieze them. they must slide very easy in and out. little rubber boots keep the crud and water off them. make sure you have anti sieze or brake lube on the ends of each pad and back side where puck pushes. if things are dragging, you will see the damage on the disk.
