Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:29:36 GMT From: "nospam" <nospamnopsamam.net> Subject: Re: Rear caliper sticking, 900S
"Roger Hyde" <rogerhydenopsamorld.com> wrote in message news:DX4%7.2607$Hx3.569792nopsam11-gui.server.ntli.net... > "Wiz" <toobwiznopsamcomSPAMKILL> wrote in message > news:20020109163349.11381.00000559nopsamn.aol.com... > > I've been fighting this for 6 months, one new rotor and two sets of pads. > The > > right rear caliper sticks when the brakes are applied. Of course, the pads > get > > gouged down pretty quickly. My teenage daughter drives the car, and by the > time > > she notices there is a problem it's too late. > > > > She says that after the brakes have been fixed for about a week, there is > a > > clicking sound from the rear each time she applies the brakes. > > > > Another clue, my son did the brake job the time before this problem > started. He > > says he put a big C clamp on the piston to push it back in, but it > wouldn't > > move. I went out and had a look and found about the little adjuster inside > the > > piston. I got out the Haynes and put it all back together but I now wonder > if > > something was broken inside there... I must admit that I don't understand > how > > that adjuster mechanism works. > > > > Can anyone supply some wisdom to this problem? > > > > TIA/Don > > > > "LABOR SVGIT" > > I would be interested if you get any replies to this I did the C-clamp thing > on a 9k and have had one occasion of the caliper locking That is because, when you pressed in the caliper piston, it was not aligned with the cylinder and therefore you seized in the hole. Next time when you do the "C-clamp thing," make sure the piston on the caliper is pushed in straight.
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