my car is being mean to me! my passenger rear brake pad is completely worn and i have a 1/2 inch gash all the way around my crossdrilled caliper. the other side is practically new. i think i have a frozen caliper or my e-brake is stuck. anybody have this problem? this sucks!

 

if only one pad out of the 2 is worn out, then its most likely a frozen caliper. Its easy to check. take the wheel off and try to move the sliding pins.

 

cool!..i have been so pissed about it that i parked it in my garage and left it. i will check that tonite fa shaw.

 

i had the same problem... i checked the back left... and to my suprise... it was frozen... i fixed that but now my brakes is not workin... i tried bleeding the lines.. but i still have to floor the brake pedal. my mechanics sez i messed up the back rite pistons ( it got pushed out ) .... any suggestions...????

 

from the sounds of it, take it to a competent mechanic

 

Back right pistons? I believe there is only one piston per caliper on integras. The piston can't get pushed out while installed. It pushes against the brake pad with force from the fluid. Maybe it got stuck in, in which case you should either take the caliper off and jiggle it around, try to push it out so it moves freely, or replace the caliper. Another idea, if the brake pedal goes to the floor it could be a leaking master cylinder. :dunno: That's what my teg had.

 

I think he is talking about the caliper not the piston. The only way they come out is when they are disassebled but this still should cause a problem since they are made to do this becuase of rebuilding purposes. The only problem that I can see and would have the same symptoms that your speaking of is if the boot around the piston was ripped. Did you have the piston out of the caliper when you the brake job? Or did you hit the rubber boot while in there?

 

Are you losing brake fluid around the boot on the piston? On the backs, becuse you have to turn them to compress them, you are more prone to tearing the boot. On the bug, I had a bad brake line that would not let the fluid flow back, so the piston on the rear brake hung up and the wheel would not turn

 

i redid my rear brakes again yesterday. the problem i had was i had to floor my brake pedal to stop the car. i went back to take the calipers out, pushed the pistons out on both sides, then i twisted the pistons back in, the left rear was stuck the first time i did a check on it... but its ok now. i made sure i realigned the "+" on the piston to match that "." on the brake pads... bleeded the lines again.. and now its workin... bedding the brakes at the moment but im still thinking of upgrading all the parts for it (rotors, calipers, and pad).