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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 09:23 AM
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I need some help finding trouble shooting my brakes. I have a 97 Camaro I upgraded the front brakes to the 98-02 style now it stops better. But now I have a problem of one of my brake calipers is not fully releasing. I thought it was my brake lines so I redid everything after line lock but that didn't help. It's my passenger side brake if that makes a difference. Any help would be appreciated
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 10:04 AM
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Take the pins out of the caliper and clean them good and then re-lube. If there's any roughness on the pins go over them with scotchbrite pads to get them perfectly smooth again. Pull the pads too and clean or replace the pad mounting hardware brackets and re-grease them.
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 04:11 PM
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Will give that a try when I get home today. Thanks
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 04:03 PM
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I scotch bright the pins and re greased the pins alog with all the other pieces and the brakes still down fully release. What can keep my brakes from releasing
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 12:19 PM
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If you tried everything like you said above, you may need to replace the caliper. Sometimes they get old and go bad.
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 09:24 PM
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Possibly a caliper rebuild kit, a lot cheaper than a whole caliper.
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Old Oct 24, 2014 | 12:36 PM
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alright im going to try my 99 ss brake caliper on the 97 just to make sure that will get the problem fixed.
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