Bret86944

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I replaced all four pads/rotors about 8 months, 10k miles ago. Car has 52k total miles. Recently I was filling my gas tank and noticed too much heat coming from the right rear wheel. Later I took the wheel off and noticed the pad was worn way down and the wheel was difficult to move by hand.

Here are the issues:
-excessive pad wear
-brakes are somewhat stuck on
-i CAN push the piston back in, no problems. I can even loosen up the caliper by pulling on it when it is still on the car
-rubber seal is perfectly intact

What I'm thinking:
-crap stuck in the hose? >but car only has 52k miles
-crap stuck inbetween caliper and piston >but piston moves easily

What are your guys opinions?? I plan on replacing the seals in the caliper but at this point I'm not too sure that's the problem. It's not like the piston is seized so did I just catch it in the early stages?

Lcat84

This may sound silly...but your e-brake could still be engaged enough to cause excessive friction on the brake. Or I could be totally wrong; however, the way you described it also seems like a problem in the brake line...but your piston moves with ease...so I'm not sure.

I would still check the brake line though for loose connections or anything out of the ordinary.

Bret86944

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Alright, I ordered a seal kit for caliper. It came with two packages of grease. One is redish/orange and one is white. The awesome instructions say to put the "red" grease on something and the "orange" grease on another, and nothing about white grease. The little packages don't say anything about what type they are.


LCAT84 - I don't think it's the ebrake since the ebrake is a drum brake and the pads are what is worn down.

terrasmak

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I would bet on the sliders/bolts/pins are bad or gunked up.

SniperHunter

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Bret: Do you hear a barely audible squeaking noise coming from that side when the car is driving at a slower rate of speed? I have a feeling I have the same issue as you, right rear wheel, as well.

Bret86944

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I havn't noticed anything, but I havn't been listening for it.

Did you figure out what was wrong with yours?

SniperHunter

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I think for me, it's the missing shim.

Bret86944

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Welp, I re-did the rear breaks. It was definitely a gunked up caliper. When I took it apart, there was a pretty good amount of black buildup on the piston itself. I had to take some 2000 grit sandpaper to it to get it all off. The piston from the good side was nearly perfect.

After breaking in the new pads I came home, jacked up the car and was able to spin the tires by hand no problem (which was not the case before).