[Shotimes] rear calipers sticking

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

No I haven't changed them.  But the rears do bleed easy, once I
jack up the hub to open the valve.  I may try the brackets.  I seem
to remember reading that before.  What's a ballpark price on them?


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.




"Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@peoplepc.com> wrote on 12/05/2003 
10:04:14 AM:

> Mike:
>  Several people have fought this problem unsuccessfully. I have found 
that
> the rear caliper bracket is a possible suspect. I helped one guy who did
> pretty much as you have and still had the rears stick but not 
consistently.
> The only thing not replaced was the bracket. Changed both brackets and 
fixed
> the problem. I still don't see how/why the bracket can get bent or
> distorted. I wonder if the disc is not seating perfectly flat?
> 
> Now with both side doing it, have you done the obvious? Change the rear
> rubber brake hoses? Also the rear pressure valve? Check the linkage too. 
Do
> the rears bleed as easy as the front calipers? If you have not changed 
rear
> brake hoses I would start there.
> .
> .
> 
> 
> 
> > I've been having a problem with my rear calipers.  When I release the
> > parking brake, they want to stick for a while.  So much so that the 
car
> > won't roll down my driveway on its own.
> >
> > Both calipers are new NAPA units.  In fact, I replaced one of them
> > again because the replacement leaked around the piston.  The slide
> > pins should still be greased up good.  The cables were just replaced
> > last month.  The shop that did the cables played with the adjustment,
> > and they're convinced that the calipers are sticking.  They had the
> > cables adjusted so far out that when the pedal was released, there
> > was no tension on the caliper.  I'm convinced.
> >
> > This only happens when it is pretty cold out.  (of course, it's going 
to
> > start happening alot more now)  What are the odds that the calipers
> > are bad again?  Maybe a batch of calipers were remanned with too
> > tight of tolerance in the pistons?  Or, because it only does it when
> > it's cold, if the caliper housing and the piston were different 
materials,
> > they contract differently in the cold?  I thought I read where they 
can
> > have steel or phenolic pistons.  I won't know what I have until I take
> > them off again.
> >
> > So, anybody ever have this kind of problem before?  Any comments?
> > Constructive, that is.  ; )
> >
> >
> > Mike Wojton
> > Toledo, Ohio
> >
> > -'95 White MTX
> >    '96 Brake Upgrade