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front caliper seems to be sticking / dragging - replace or repair? 200

posted by  someone claiming to be jimbo on  Sat Dec 6 13:03 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Passenegr side front caliper seems to be dragging. Sometimes you get a loud, rough grinding type sound noise that seems to stop if you out your foot hard on the brakes. Other times it's a constant squeal that'll stop when you put your foot on the brakes. Either way, that wheel has more brake dust then any other wheel and when I came home from a 40 miles highway trip today, I noticed that there was tremendous heat coming from that rotor, while the other front (driver's side) as well as the rears were basically cool. I therefore duct that the caliper is dragging intermittently, if not all the time. Is there a way to fix it (greasing the pins perhaps adn then reinstalling them) or is it better to go to FCP Groton and buy one of their rebuilt calipers for like $38? The clips.springs will cost another $5 and then $15 for the PBR Deluxe pads. What do you guys suggest?






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