<VV> brakes question (NON-CORVAIR)

[Harry Yarnell]

Could be the rubber hose feeding that caliper; they have a nasty tendency to
swell internally, and not allow the fluid to return to the master cylinder.
Are these the REAR brakes you're talking about? You can't compress the
piston with a clamp like the fronts; the piston must be rotated. There's a
tool for this.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lauren C Mizel" <slmizel@juno.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: <VV> brakes question (NON-CORVAIR)


> Sorry for the noncorvair question...but before I can finish working on my
> Corvair to get back on the road running happy, I have to make sure my
> wife's vehicle is sound.  It just picked now to act up!  Two weeks ago
> the radiator sprouted on me...now the brakes are squeaking like crazy.  .
>  I replaced the pads a year ago or so, so it shouldn't be the brakes
> warning strip...but that is what it sounded like.  I took off the
> wheel...yup, very little inside pad left and tons of dust.  If test it a
> bit and find that the driver's side front brake caliper will not release
> completely.  When driving, the van doesn't pull to one side, but the
> passenger side front spins much more easily (I could barely get the
> driver's side hub to spin at all with e-brake off and in nutral).  There
> is no sign of leaking that I can see yet...it just looks like the caliper
> is not releasing completely.  I am guessing there is something wrong with
> the little cylinder on the caliper...but before I start buying parts and
> such I thoght I would get your opinions.  Also, is it possible that I
> messed it up when I changed the pads?  I remember that the caliper piston
> was a bear to compress with my giant pliers.
>
> Thanks all!
> Steve Mizel, St. Louis
> CORSA/Show Me CC
> '65 Corsa Vert 140/4 aaaaaaalmost back on the road
> '98 Dodge Grand Caravan...eating up my time so that I can't get back to
> the Vair...
>
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