Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:19:56 -0700 From: Mike <mteeplesnopsamFREE.aros.net> Subject: Re: Rear caliper sticking, 900S
I don't think so...... All the 900S's I have seen here in the US have the parking/emergency brake attached to the FRONT brakes. Nothing to do with the rear. I may be all wet..... and in any case I do agree that a new caliper is probably the best bet. (Or a good used one might be the less expensive alternative.) \ Mike Teeples / SLC, Utah On 9 Jan 2002 18:44:53 -0800, ychennopsam30.net (Yaofeng) wrote: >The SAAB rear caliper is different from the regular disk brake >calipers we know. Your son broke the pin inside the caliper by >forcing the c-clamp onto the piston. The pin advances to push the >brake pads to effect parking brake with every pull of the hand brake. >So when you want to remove the rear pads, you need to first back out >the pin with an Allen wrench through a plastic cap covered hole. >Otherwise you can't remove the brake pads. > >Obviously a new caliper is in order. > > >Yaofeng >toobwiznopsamcomSPAMKILL (Wiz) 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" > ***************************************************** reply to: mteeplesnopsamFREE.aros.net Salt Lake City, Utah (just remove the SPAMFREE from the address) *****************************************************
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