Stuck Caliper

[want_a_gsx]

ok so lately, i could hear a grinding noise from the rear right side. yesterday, all the sudden the car did not want to move. it was like the e-brake was stuck. i put it in first and just dragged the car. the wheel wasnt turning but the left rear was. we took off the tire and the brake pad is GONE. there is nothing there. the guy loosened up the caliper and the rotor started moving. i went for a block and it seized up. before, putting it in reverse and then moving in 1st fixed it. had to force the car to go 20 ft to pull over. the rear right tire was not moving whatsoever.

now, to me, it seems like getting a new brake would fix the problem....but i talked to someone on widsm.org and this is what he told me....

"While I do not have any extra rear brake stuff laying around (at least none that I know where it is) I can give you a few words of advice.

1. New shitty rear brake pads from auto zone are cheap.

2. You do not need to turn your rear rotors even if they look like absolute shit.

3. This problem all started because the slider pins that the rear caliper ride on seized. In order to fix this problem, remove the rear caliper from its bracket and clean and lubricate the sliders then put it all back together.

Chances are if one side did it, the other side is not far behind. Basically every 1G I have owned I have had to do this to at some point.

If you can wait, I would be happy to clean and lubricate the calipers for you and get them back into working order over my Thanksgiving break from work.

You would have to remove both rear calipers (might as well do both right away) and bring them to my parents' house in Eagle, WI 53119. The whole thing goes pretty quick.

Thats about all I know. Good luck."

can anyone support this? anyone ever have to do this?

sry for the long post but my car is my DD and it's stranded on some random street and i need to get it outta there.

Thanx all,
Omar

 

[want_a_gsx]

yeah, the pin is sticking out of the bracket...

i was told that what i could do is clean and lubricate the slider pins to fix the problem.

the guy told me that he had to do that to a couple of his previous 1g dsms.

where do they sell new brackets?

 

[greytalon26]

Yeah, you only get one caliper for $100, but some stores will pay you for your old one so they can rebuild it and make some more money, which is the core charge. Now I'm curious, If you bought a caliper off the internet, then brought your old one to Napa, would they still give you the money?

No, they don't buy them from you, you just get the money back from your core charge when you bring back a decent core. They put a core charge on parts so you'll bring in your old ones to get your money back, which in turn gives the remanufacturer company only the cost of rebuilding. But a parts store probably won't buy them from you, they might take them for free, but it's not like they want them, it's the remanufacturer that wants them.

 

[greytalon26]

I agree........do both, and really if the backs are gone you need to look at the fronts as well. The fronts take the brunt of the abuse.

It's true that the fronts get the brunt of the abuse, which means front brakes wear faster, but they don't get all the road slop thrown at them that the backs do, which causes corrosion and problems. Not to say that if you have problems with the rears there won't be problems with the fronts, but so far I've only had to replace the rear calipers and not the front during the whole life of the car.