stuck brake fix?

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HR radness

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The legacy wagon was doing th head shake on the road the other day, when I got home I checked the right front wheel and it was VERY hot, so I figured I have the common subie stuck brake problem. Question is, how do I UNstick it?

 
Assuming it is the caliper, it depends on if its the caliper slides or the piston.

If it's the piston, get a new caliper.

If it's the slide pins, get a new caliper.

If it's the pins, you can pull them apart, clean them up and clean the cylinder that the pins slide in with penetrating oil. BUT, the rubber boots that seal the pins in place may be torn, which let in water, which seized the pins.

You probably need a boot kit. Get it at NAPA for like $13. Use synthetic caliper grease. Get that at NAPA too for $4. When I do a brake job, I pull the pins and squirt some of that grease on them as a preventative measure.

If it's the caliper piston, any thing you do is just putting a big ole band-aid on it. Buy a caliper.

 
Yeah shorty, I figured it was one of those things. I had to "coerce" the caliper to come off the rotor, and when I pushed the brake pedal only one piston moves. The pins are nice and lubed up, just the one brake piston is seized. Looks like a I need a new caliper!! Bollocks!!

 
Brighton had the same issue last year. Driver's side piston was stuck open and didnt want to move at all. Ended up replacing both front brakes (might as well, right?
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) Good luck.

 
rad don't bother to replace that stuck caliper

go at it with a sawzall, that'll smarten the effer right up! :angel12:

 
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