Hi all.
I've just replaced a shim on the a rear passenger caliper and at the same time put in vibration dampers all round as none of the pads had any.
The rear passenger side brake felt very tight when I assembled it all and I did have to use quite a bit of force to get the pads into the caliper and seated on the dampers.
I've just gone to test drive it and the bloody thing won't move! It's like the hand brake is on as I pull up the clutch. Its almost completey seized on that one caliper.
I used a wind back tool to push the pistons back and all the others rotated fine after the work. It all looked pretty good in the caliper. I used the same pads and disks as before as there wasn't much wear, genuine parts for the shims and dampers and between each corner pushed down on the brake hard to reseat each corner.
So, I'm going to have to take it all apart again. It's clear the pads are binding onto the disk but why? So far I've got the following:
Perhaps I didn't wind back the pistons enough in that corner?
Is the handbrake linked in any way to the disk brake, maybe this needs adjusting?
Maybe the brake system needs bleeding to correct the problem?
Could the additional space now being taken up by the damping plates have emphasised an existing problem with the caliper? A stuck piston parhaps?
Does anybody have any other ideas of things I should be looking for?
Thanks all.
I've just replaced a shim on the a rear passenger caliper and at the same time put in vibration dampers all round as none of the pads had any.
The rear passenger side brake felt very tight when I assembled it all and I did have to use quite a bit of force to get the pads into the caliper and seated on the dampers.
I've just gone to test drive it and the bloody thing won't move! It's like the hand brake is on as I pull up the clutch. Its almost completey seized on that one caliper.
I used a wind back tool to push the pistons back and all the others rotated fine after the work. It all looked pretty good in the caliper. I used the same pads and disks as before as there wasn't much wear, genuine parts for the shims and dampers and between each corner pushed down on the brake hard to reseat each corner.
So, I'm going to have to take it all apart again. It's clear the pads are binding onto the disk but why? So far I've got the following:
Perhaps I didn't wind back the pistons enough in that corner?
Is the handbrake linked in any way to the disk brake, maybe this needs adjusting?
Maybe the brake system needs bleeding to correct the problem?
Could the additional space now being taken up by the damping plates have emphasised an existing problem with the caliper? A stuck piston parhaps?
Does anybody have any other ideas of things I should be looking for?
Thanks all.