Rear Brake caliper failure

[Greeha]

Lately i have been haveing brake caliper problems with my gen I and gen II with rear brake calipers draging and on my gen I it got so hot that smoke was pouring out of it. I was wondering if anyone has had a similar problem and what they did!?!?!?!

 

[Bluto]

I would not believe this solution if i had not tried it.

Replace the rear brake hoses.

Its that simple.

I did go one step further, and bought Loaded calipers with new brackets, sliderpins, premium pads. They came withh all of that.

They come in a pair made by Morse Z, and Autozone carries them for 149.95/pair.

I have had no problems since.

 

[pete c]

What he ^^^^^^ said.

I just went through the same thing on my 93. The rear driver side would drag on occasion. Last month the OL got pulled over by a state trooper in Mass because she was leaving a white smoke trail from behind the car. I went up there, and drove the car home without incident.
Last week I finally got around to looking into it. I replaced the caliper with a rebuilt semi-loaded (pins and brackets not included) for 29.95 a side from AZ. If your pins are OK, I would go this route.

After putting on the new caliper, I could get only a slow trickle of fluid while bleeding. It turns out the brake hose was swelled closed causing the caliper to stick.

You can find out if this is the problem by bleeding the brakes.It must be done with the suspension loaded or the proportioning valve will restrict flow as well.

 

[Don89SHO]

It could be:
1.) Slider pins (they seize up)
2.) Caliper piston (Can seize up too)
3.) Brake Hose (Internally collasped)
4.) Proportional valve (Can seize up too)
My drivers rear was locking up too. I check #1 (OK), Replace the caliper and rotor (pads ground down) and just last week replaced #3 & 4 because I was tired of doing it piece meal. I wish I had a method of determining what the cause is instead of replacing parts. It would have been much cheaper.

 

[adidasho]

another thing it could be is a bad e-brake cable; one of mine was dragging and getting really hot, and it was because the e-brake wouldn't release on that side because the cable was bad.