[Shotimes] Rear Calipers - Issues

[clubairth@bellsouth.net]

Chris:
 If you have repeating rear caliper sticking you might consider changing the 
rear caliper brackets. I know they are big and cast iron BUT several people 
have had multi-year long problems with this and finally changed the brackets 
and no more sticking pins. The thinking is somehow the brackets get slightly 
bent or maybe came that way from Ford?
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> It can really only be three things: e-brake cable(s), slider pins, brake
> hoses.  It doesn't matter how well you take care of the car, eventually
> these things will go bad.  The calipers themselves rarely go bad, you
> probably didn't really need to replace them.
>
> You're going to have to figure out what exactly is wrong.  Try not using 
> the
> e-brake for awhile and see if it still sticks.  Or jack up the rear of the
> car and set and release the e-brake and see if the wheels still spin 
> freely
> after.
>
> Dave Kegel
>
>    I'm curious if anyone on-list could enlighten me about how to make the
> rear calipers behave and not stick.  I baby my SHO, it stays in the garage
> most of the winter unless the weather is nice and the salt is gone, I 
> don't
> use the e-brake even though all the cables are new.  The rear calipers 
> were
> replaced about two years ago.  (I believe I also have all new 
> lines/hoses).
> How in the world do I end up with a stuck rear caliper??  I took it out
> tonight to make a trip, and the stupid thing ends up heating the rotor to
> the point of glowing.  I played with the cable, and it appears that on the
> trip back that it was still sticking.  I think the designer is probably
> eligible for a Darwin Award... I would hate of what else they may have
> designed.  For that matter, is there a modified or improved version?
>
> Thanks,
> -Chris