Hi guys, I got a problem with my brakes... I got an 96 Integra, RS, no ABS. The front left wheel/rotor/caliper gets very hot, I mean, I can easily cook an egg on it. I'm pretty sure that the caliper hold tension on the pads/rotor and the car brakes by itself (no need to push the brake pedal to hold the car on a very slight hill.
The others wheels are Ok.

I checked the caliper pins (I'm greasing them once a year, the rotors & pads are 3 months old) and when I tried to push the caliper piston back in, it went without any problem. Some friend told me the bleed the brakes, they thought that maybe some dirt was restricting brake fluid flow. It didn't help..

Anybody had the same problem or any ideas? I first thought changing the front caliper but my friend again told me that if the piston goes back in the caliper and the pins are working properly it won't solve my problem.

Any help would be very appreciated!

 

my rear right brake dragged and did the same thing... it got my axxis ultimates so hot they smoked badly. Everything seemed to be in good order when I checked it, so I just let the pad wear down for a while, and the lazy-ass, ghetto solution worked fine. Do you have new pads? Its possible they're just a little too thick.

 

The pads are about 4 months old, and so are the rotors. Everything worked fine until last week, . The wheel bearing was replaced too about 5 months ago.

It really don't know what to do..

 

your caliper piston shouldnt just push in, they are ratcheting.... so the fact that it pushed in with no problem would have me slightly worried...

 

What do you mean by "ratcheting"?

 

well when the piston presses outward, it just goes out but to compress the piston inward, you are supposed to have to rotate it.... it wont just push in... this is a characteristic of honda calipers - at least on the rears im not 100% on the fronts but i am pretty damn sure they are same design

 

they aren't always racheting. on my 98 the rear are racheting but the front you just push in.

 

That's the auto-adjusting mechanism for the handbrake. But VersuS is talking about the front, so it's supposed to simply push in.

The piston & the slide pins are OK...?? So maybe that leaves the pads themselves. Are you sure the anti-rattle springs are in the right way? Also, do the pads wedge real tight into the caliper bracket? Sometimes I have to file off the paint so they can move.