My front right brakes aren't acting right. They suddenly stopped responding to anything. When I put it in park, it can still roll and when i jacked up the front and put the car in Drive the right wheel spun while the left sat there.

I took off the wheel and found out that the brake pad is just sitting on the rotor, so while i'm driving, it's still braking. It's very light though so I can still go without much faulty steering problems. But after a long drive the wheel will get burning hot.

What do you think the problem is? Leak in the lines somewhere near the tire? Air? I haven't filled the brake fluid in awhile, and it's still between Min and Max, and this problem just started occuring.

 

Sounds like your caliper piston in that caliper may be bad and not returning. I'd start with the simple stuff first:

Bleed the brakes
Clean the rotors off

If that doesn't work, I'd replace that cylinder in that caliper.

hih

 

You have a 94 EX. It has cheap brakes. Go to a u-pull-it junkyard and get another caliper. Buy 2-new rotors if they're warped or beyond the service limit from some cheap auto-parts store somewhere, and replace the parts. Problem solved inexpensively. :thumbup

Of course, you could rebuild it like westcoast said, but it may be cheaper and easier to use a junk part than it would to rebuild yours or buy the tools to do it. Either way works fine.

 

your caliper is frozen..... its old. the front ones are cheap. unlike the frozen rear caliper I got in the back which is $140. Do what westcoast said. don't prolong it... just makes life worse for your car and its smelly.

 

Ok i'll go get a caliper from A~M Used Auto Parts junk yark, I just hope my rotor isn't warped. Actually I do hope it is, then it will give me a reason to get that air out of my brake lines and get new Rotors. I'm hoping $150 for everything. That's the rotors, caliper, new pads and brake fluid...btw...what fluid should I go with and could I pick it up at a regular Napa/Honda Dealership?

 

any DOT3 (I think) approved brake fluid will work fine.

If your rotors are warped, you could always get some Brembo blanks for pretty cheap.. .just a thought.

 

Don't listen to these guys, get a new car.