Front brake calipers sticking

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09-19-2006, 04:32 AM

eltakoduro

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RE: Front brake calipers sticking

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Any way you can post pics? Ive done TONS of honda brakes and never come close to a problem like this.

i have seen it a few times

on 2 occasion it was a bad brake line , it was collapsed.. on more occasions it has been the master cylinder push rod misadjusted ( too long ) this happens a lot when people install non factory master cylinders..

If it was dragging before you replaced the calipers than the problem is not the brake pads nor the new calipers you installed........have you replaced the brake master recently ??

also as adviced try bleeding the brakes again

From what you said, it is probably the master cylinder then, since the brake lines were changed no 1000 miles ago.
I'll try and get a picture up as soon as possible.

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09-19-2006, 07:11 PM

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RE: Front brake calipers sticking

also try sanding down the top edges of the pads ,,, see if that helps

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09-24-2006, 02:04 PM

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PICTURES Re: Front brake calipers sticking

they are new calipers, the rust is since the started to rain and the wheels were off and plus i live in miami so there is a LOT of humidity.

flipped the caliper up and you can see the piston sticking out

side view to show how much it is sticking out (a good 1/8th of an inch)

angle view with caliper piston sticking out

angle view with caliper piston pushed in

rotating view with caliper piston pushed in

side view to show how much difference there is when caliper piston is pushed in

comparison

thanks for all input!

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09-24-2006, 04:00 PM

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RE: PICTURES Re: Front brake calipers sticking

The piston is supposed to be flush, not sticking out......im guessing you used a C clamp to push it back in? Is it not going back in all of the way?

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09-24-2006, 10:07 PM

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RE: PICTURES Re: Front brake calipers sticking

i had to have the bleed screw open and use both hands to push it back in, and even then it was kinda hard. any suggestions? any ideas?

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10-18-2006, 11:22 AM

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RE: PICTURES Re: Front brake calipers sticking

turns out the brake light switch had come a little loose (i have no idea how) and wasn't allowing the brake pedal to go back 1/8 of an inch.
guess that 1/8 of an inch mattered because once i tightened the switch in proper place, and allowed the brake pedal to return all the way back, brakes worked fine.
guess i got new calipers for no real reason... oh well :]

thanks everyone for your input!!