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ballinger · 02-20-2010, 10:59 PM

The passenger side front brake does not release? I replaced the caliper but it still does the same? Brakes are blead. It really gets hot from rubbing, what should we try next?

3r!c84 · 02-20-2010, 11:02 PM

replace the rubber line. over time it swells shut

ballinger · 02-20-2010, 11:37 PM

Thanks we will give it a try!!

ballinger · 02-20-2010, 11:51 PM

If the rubber line was swelled shut would I be able to bleed the line?

3r!c84 · 02-20-2010, 11:59 PM

i would be hard to compress the piston back.and would be hard to bleed aswell

datguysaL · 02-21-2010, 12:04 AM

also check your exhaust (headers) and brake lines. an exhaust leak could be aiming at the brake line and the heat it causing the fluid to expand and closing the caliper.

ballinger · 02-21-2010, 12:08 AM

It was tough to compress piston back but fluid pushed out fine??

3r!c84 · 02-21-2010, 12:13 AM

did you pump the brakes and bleed the brakes?

lift the front of the truck up,pump he brakes untill you got a hard pedel and go and spin the front wheels.if its hard to spin the wheel then its the line.

**old Rusty C10** · 02-21-2010, 12:14 AM

did you get a rebuilt caliper or a new one? some rebuilds can be bad out of the box if something hangs up, but my first guess would be the rubber line or a kink in the metal line.

ballinger · 02-21-2010, 12:15 AM

Thats what I needed its the line!!!!!

02-20-2010, 10:59 PM	#1
ballinger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 6	Brake question The passenger side front brake does not release? I replaced the caliper but it still does the same? Brakes are blead. It really gets hot from rubbing, what should we try next?

02-20-2010, 11:02 PM	#2
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Brake question replace the rubber line. over time it swells shut __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

02-20-2010, 11:37 PM	#3
ballinger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 6	Re: Brake question Thanks we will give it a try!!

02-20-2010, 11:51 PM	#4
ballinger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 6	Re: Brake question If the rubber line was swelled shut would I be able to bleed the line?

02-20-2010, 11:59 PM	#5
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Brake question i would be hard to compress the piston back.and would be hard to bleed aswell __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

02-21-2010, 12:04 AM	#6
datguysaL Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 155	Re: Brake question also check your exhaust (headers) and brake lines. an exhaust leak could be aiming at the brake line and the heat it causing the fluid to expand and closing the caliper.

02-21-2010, 12:08 AM	#7
ballinger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 6	Re: Brake question It was tough to compress piston back but fluid pushed out fine??

02-21-2010, 12:13 AM	#8
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Brake question did you pump the brakes and bleed the brakes? lift the front of the truck up,pump he brakes untill you got a hard pedel and go and spin the front wheels.if its hard to spin the wheel then its the line. __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

02-21-2010, 12:14 AM	#9
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,297	Re: Brake question did you get a rebuilt caliper or a new one? some rebuilds can be bad out of the box if something hangs up, but my first guess would be the rubber line or a kink in the metal line. __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

02-21-2010, 12:15 AM	#10
ballinger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 6	Re: Brake question Thats what I needed its the line!!!!!



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