Still having a sticky brake issue

[LJRuddy]

Well, today at the Nebraska SHO tech meet, I replaced my rear lines which were thought to be collapsed causing my sticky rear caliper. Keep in mind, I bought an OEM pass. rear caliper about 5,000 miles ago. I installed the Earl's SS brake lines as well as a new set of pads and a freshly turned rotor. I am still having a sticky caliper. Taking the E-brake cable off does not solve this issue. What else could be causing my problem? I am sick and tired of replacing rear pads every 3-6 thousand miles because of this.

 

[jthod]

going 120mph+ for 5 miles

 

[itwonder]

Check rear brake load compensator valve. Disassemble and clean. Adjust spring tension for maximum pressure on lever arm.

 

[1993MTXSHO]

See if the sliders on the caliper are frozen, they should move freely, sometimes they freeze up and can make the caliper all screwy

 

[1995mtxsho]

Check to see if the e-brake lever on the caliper is seized....

 

[LJRuddy]

Check rear brake load compensator valve. Disassemble and clean. Adjust spring tension for maximum pressure on lever arm.

I am missing the lever that attaches from the suspension to the bias box. Also, I moved the lever that is on the box and it seems as if the spring/rod that goes into the box might be seized. How complicated is it to remove this box and clean it out?

 

[Storm-Chaser]

Hence why I always wave the flag when everyone states "it's always a collapsed hose . . . ."


. . . . just like I did in this thread > In the dark here... Collpased brake lines?


With a set of flare nut wrenches and about thirty minutes of trouble-shooting, you can usually isolate where in the system the problem is occurring . . . .

 

[LJRuddy]

Hence why I always wave the flag when everyone states "it's always a collapsed hose . . . ."


. . . . just like I did in this thread > In the dark here... Collpased brake lines?


With a set of flare nut wrenches and about thirty minutes of trouble-shooting, you can usually isolate where in the system the problem is occurring . . . .

Either way, I had a set of SS brake lines that needed to be installed. This was just an excuse to put them on.

Brakes, to me, are a bitch to work on. Every single car I have owned has had some sort of brake issue that I could never fix no matter what I do. Quite frankly, I am beginning to become scared of doing a brake job because it seems that whenever I lay a finger on a brake component, something breaks in the system.

 

[jthod]

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With a set of flare nut wrenches and about thirty minutes of trouble-shooting, you can usually isolate where in the system the problem is occurring . . . .

Make that an hour and thiry minutes with the rust factor.


p.s. I never did find that 9/11 mm flare nut wrench in the garage. :shrug It'll come up somewhere.