Rear Brakes !

[mylaw]

I have been hearing a grinding noise coming fromt he back lately when I am coming to a stop !!! Not sure if rotors and pads are worn or what the problem is with them ...Anyone experience the same problem !

 

[wood_e]

Take off your wheel and have a look. If your rotor is gouged then you'll need new pads and rotors. If not your slider pins might need re-greasing.

 

[mylaw]

Slider pins were are they located ? on the caliper ?

 

[wood_e]

They are located on the caliper bracket (covered in a black rubber boot) and there's a 13mm bolt holding the caliper to them.

 

[CerberuS]

Most likekly your rear brakes are done , dont wait...if you wait too much the disks wont be re-grindable due to the metallic pads (no more pads) doing huge grudges into them.

 

[wood_e]

Who gives a damn? The chinese rotors at AZ, napoa and oriley all work fine, and they're for the most part cheaper than turning your rotors.

 

[brianksfb]

whats a good upgrade 4 the rear? my clpr froze

 

[93rev2sev]

Sure its a frozen caliper?

When I did my rear brakes(the first time) a few years ago, I was terribly dissapointed. I did new calipers, rotors and pads. Thought it would make a huge difference.

It turned out that there was a blockage in my rear flexible brake line(both sides). I would step on the brakes and the calipers stopped the car but they would not recoil. Bleeding went fine because the debris acted as a valve clogging the line where the metal bracket was crimped to the line allowing fluid into the caliper but not back out. The calipers stayed clamped on the rotor and over heated - slowly recoiling over the course of a few minutes. The heat was so intense that the finish on my wheels was damaged, and all my brand new brake parts were destroyed.

I'm lucky my car didn't burn to the ground.

When doing your brakes, especially the rear, get new flex lines.

 

[brianksfb]

it was a real bitch to compress the cplr and I am famlr w/ the twist & compress design. Maybe you are right b/c the other side didn't look that worn. Do you think bleeding the line would help in this case?

 

[CerberuS]

it was a real biotch to compress the cplr and I am famlr w/ the twist & compress design. Maybe you are right b/c the other side didn't look that worn. Do you think bleeding the line would help in this case?

This means fluid has trouble passing in the lines , prolly the flex lines are collapsed.