Caliper question

Goldmember · Feb 8, 2013

A while back I replaced the sticking caliper I had on the left front. When I was out last night I put air in my tires and noticed the right front wheel felt warm at the ends of the spokes (hub area of wheel still cool). It's also a little harder to turn the wheel left than it is to the right.

Looks like I should start to save for a RF caliper too? I took that as it's in the very early stages of failure.

GMSMOKR · Feb 8, 2013

Hmmm..Never Heard of that..But did you Take the wheel off? and remove the brakes and inspect the Caliper Rubber Seal? Did you check to see if your Brake Fluid is Clean? When do those things..and about to install the brakes back..When you compress the Piston back double check your fluid again to see if it change to a dark color..anyway I would at those things. Rubber Seal on Caliper and Clean Brake Fluid. I just cleaned my Brake system fluid when I did my rotor change all the way around

Good Luck

Goldmember · Feb 8, 2013

The slider pins were greased and replaced on both sides a couple months back, I thought that was the problem at first.

When I did the caliper, I did pads/rotors up front on both sides and inspected everything agian. All was well but it seemed like one piston was a little more difficult to compress than the other when I reinstalled the passenger-side caliper. Maybe just me... I'll keep an eye on it and if it's taking a crap, time for a new one. Forgot to mention that wheel has a little more brake dust than the other side.

3Dglasses · Feb 8, 2013

Yea, it sounds like it is binding up a bit. Does it pull when you brake SLIGHTLY?

Goldmember · Feb 8, 2013

That's hard to say only because there's a noticeable crown on most of the roads I take. So it would pull anyway. I'll give it a shot next time I can get it on a flatter road.

At least I can get a caliper on pretty damn quick if I have to do it again but it looks like my Mustang has acquired the dreaded disease we call

100K FORD SYNDROME (derived from Latin Fordus Syndromicus) (n) A serious medical condition unique to Ford motor vehicles when they near the 100,000 mile mark. Symptoms of this severe illness include sudden and frequent parts replacement which, in extreme cases, can exceed the total amount of the vehicle's KBB value. The only cure to this sometimes-fatal disease is just to keep throwing money at the car until it behaves.

Walking Tall · Feb 8, 2013

Goldmember said:
100K FORD SYNDROME (derived from Latin Fordus Syndromicus) (n) A serious medical condition unique to Ford motor vehicles when they near the 100,000 mile mark. Symptoms of this severe illness include sudden and frequent parts replacement which, in extreme cases, can exceed the total amount of the vehicle's KBB value. The only cure to this sometimes-fatal disease is just to keep throwing money at the car until it behaves.

Hilarious! Stolen and put on Facebook.