Uneven pad wear ?

[Douglas Frank]

Not to minimize Huw's advice, but you might first try to free it by
force... IF it's a rear brake (you didn't say).  For the next couple of
weeks, every time you park the car, apply the handbrake-- fully.  Really
haul the handle up hard.  That treatment freed my stuck left rear
caliper a couple of years ago and it's been fine ever since.

Huw Powell wrote:

>
>>What I found was the inner pad on the passenger side worn down to 1.5 mm
>>or about 1/16 while the outside pad was just like new.
>
> As someone else said, probably sticking guide pins, which will stop the
> caliper from "floating" in a centered position on the rotor, instead
> causing it to ride in a fixed position, whihc will wear only one pad.
>
> You might be able to dismantle, clean, relube, and perhaps replace the
> rubber booties to fix it.  otherwise, it's new caliper time.

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