mark
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So this past month, when we actually had some snow in the lowlands, I had a rear caliper on my junk eventually freeze up (stick) as I was tearing around the neighborhood. Fast forward to tonight I actually clean the garage enough to pull it inside and tear it apart. I was able to get the piston to push back in with a C clamp and got it all free'd up for a little maintenance (whats that?)
So what causes a caliper to freeze up like this? Is it condemned or just general junk and gunk on the bolts and slides and a good cleaning and it should be good to go? Everything was pretty crusty from dirt and mud. The rigs been sitting with little real use for the past 12+ months, not so much major rust. I probably knocked 10lbs of mud and dirt just out of the rotors :redneck:
Clean and go? Or should I look at a new set of calipers. They are inexpensive, but I'm a cheap bastard and its just wheeling junk, and I hate beading brakes.
Standard 1/2T-3/4T GM calipers on a home-brew rear D44 disc brake conversion. :beer:
So what causes a caliper to freeze up like this? Is it condemned or just general junk and gunk on the bolts and slides and a good cleaning and it should be good to go? Everything was pretty crusty from dirt and mud. The rigs been sitting with little real use for the past 12+ months, not so much major rust. I probably knocked 10lbs of mud and dirt just out of the rotors :redneck:
Clean and go? Or should I look at a new set of calipers. They are inexpensive, but I'm a cheap bastard and its just wheeling junk, and I hate beading brakes.
Standard 1/2T-3/4T GM calipers on a home-brew rear D44 disc brake conversion. :beer: