needing list wisdom (again) sticky brakes

[Brett Dikeman]

At 12:50 PM -0600 2/27/04, Livolsi, Stephane wrote:

>Ok, suspect the rear brakes, sure enough after a good drive, the right
>rear rotor sizzles when snow is thrown on it.  The other 3 melt the
>snow, but don't flash into steam.  Right rear is sticking.  Why then,
>can we jack up the right rear and turn the wheel by hand with relatively
>little resistance?  Any ideas?  Could the master cylinder be making it
>stick only while driving, but releasing when parked.?

If the MC is sticking, it will affect -all- brakes.  BTDT- the car 
becomes nearly impossible to drive, and all calipers get very hot.

You've probably got a sticking caliper. 'Exercise' the handbrake 
quite a bit, and make sure both cables are releasing fully and the 
levers are returning all the way. You might want to try turning the 
piston on that caliper all the way in, and see if it frees up the 
ebrake mechanism.

Brett
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