Has enyone ran into the problem of the calpliers not realsing fully and causing the pads to rub. this happend to me when i replaced the front brakes today. what did it do wrong? itried to push the piston back in again the driver side is still not releasing.

 

make sure you lubricate the slide pins with some grease and make sure the caliper can slide on it otherwise it might bind and stick itself right on the rotor. also if the calipers are the originals you should probably replace them.

 

Another couple of tips for ya. I usually lubricate the ends of the calipers and their brackets where the caliper slides back and forth with either anti-seize or the disc brake lube you can get in the little packets at the parts store. Another thing that helps keep the pads from rubbing is the get the blue disc brake anti-squeal stuff that you put on the back of the pads. It glues the pad to the piston to keep it from laying on the rotor when the piston retracts. If you do these things and they still hang up, then yeah, you probably need to get new calipers, which are cheap as dirt rebuilt from the parts store anyways.

 

Check brake hoses too. Price of a rebuilt caliper is $10.00 after exchange at Advance Auto, carries a lifetime warranty. They usually come with the new bolts, too. I replaced them on my car just for good measure. If your calipers have and rust on them, then I wouldn't even waste the time cleaning them up--they'll only rust up again. I'd just go buy new ones, they're cheaper and will function better.

 

No matter what you do there is always some drag on disc brakes.

 

Thanks for the advice guys but the calplier is holding the rotor to the point it will slow the car down to a stop at idle and pull to the left . i only had this problem when i change the pads last week . The car did sit up for almost a year in the weather. its parked now and going to lube the parts and see what happens . if it dosent slove it then ill replace the capliers