SOOO my car's been parked for a few days and we have done extensive troubleshooting on the brakes. After playing around for a bit, bleeding, pumping brakes, opening lines etc. etc. The brakes pretty much locked up.
After more troubleshooting, we opened up the caliper bleeder valve. Nothing but like 2 drops came out and did not relieve pressure on the pads.
Well its getting start of summer heat here in SC and its hot as hell. Well our conclusion is calipers 21 years old and the piston seals have had enough. Calipers kept binding. Orderd some new calipers, but still waiting on one this should solve the brake issue.( I had to use a hellof alot of force with a c-clamp just to get the pistons to return back to get old calipers off. At a certain point the pressure finally forced em in, huge slush noise and calipers went all the way back. )
But this would be a good idea if your working on your brakes. Two remand calipers 43 bucks with 50.00 core charge. Also check you lines for excessive twisting or cracking. This was the case for passenger side for me.
PS Do not attempt to bleed your brakes yourself Especially if you have ABS. It is very hard and you could let even more air into system.( Take it to a professional, trapped air in the ABS you would not even know, and very dangerous. )
Or you can choose to do it yourself but have fun. Grab yourself 2 giant bottles of brake fluid, pack of cigs, and case of beer. Then you can have fun watching paint dry as you do a gravity bleed from the caliper bleeder valve.
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Zach
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