[Shotimes] rear calipers sticking

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

No.  Just the calipers.  I remember Mark telling me about the
nightmare he had tracking that down.  Brackets sound like a
definite possibility.  Let us know if changing hoses helps.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.




Steve Tatro <stevetatro@netzero.net> wrote on 12/05/2003 11:52:50 AM:

> 
> Mike,
> 
> When you've replaced the calipers, have you also replaced the bracket?
> 
> Our good friend Mallory swears that he fixed a sticky rear brakes 
problem down one time by 
> replacing the bracket itself, as if it had warped or something, and thus 
was not allowing the 
> caliper to move along the (well-greased) pins properly.
> 
> I'm having almost the exact same problem with my rears, only when it's 
cold.  I do recall the back
> being a *little* harder to bleed than the front the last time I did it. 
I'll be replacing the 
> hoses tomorrow ;^)
> 
> Later, and good luck!
> 
> Steve Tatro
> Red/Black '93 with 172k miles
> Cincinnati, Ohio
> 
> P.S.  When Mark stops by in a few hours I'll tell him you said "hi". 
Even though you didn't ;^)
> 
> -- Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com wrote:
> 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
> 
> Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
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