Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:15:46 -0000 From: "Roger Hyde" <rogerhydenopsamorld.com> Subject: Re: Rear caliper sticking, 900S
"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
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