Re: [T3] Possible Brake Caliper Problem

["Mark Healey" <marksvw@healeyonline.com>]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:07:38 -0600, Jim Adney wrote:

>On 30 Jan 2002, at 23:04, Mark Healey wrote:
>
>> I just changed the pads in my front brakes today.  On the right wheel
>> the exterior pad was gone.  I'm going to have to get a new disk or
>> have the one I have ground.  The odd thing is that the interior pad
>> was barely worn at all.  Does this mean that my caliper needs work or
>> is it possible that the disk was ruined to begin with and it caused
>> the exterior pad to wear more quickly?
>
>Your outer piston is sticking. The hydraulic force is more than enough to
>push the pad in, but the retracting force is just due to the deflection of the
>rubber seal in the caliper and is quite small, so the outer piston pushes, but
>it hasn't been retracting.
>
>What you are seeing is typical for a stuck piston and the only fix is to rebuild
>or replace. I strongly recommend that you rebuild them, unless you know
>that they are not OE calipers already.
>
>If you wish, I can rebuild them for you.

Thanks but I couldn't deal with the downtime while they ship.  Are
there kits to do this?  Should I do both at the same time?

Mark Healey
71 FI auto square
71 FI manual square
marksvw@healeyonline.com


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