rear calipers
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lee20GS
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rear calipers
My rear caliper is sticking when i release my hand brake. it seems to be the arms that the hand break cable goes to on the caliper. is it hard to rebuild the rear caliper because the cheapest i can find one for is $200 cdn. thans for your help<BR>Thank You<BR>LeeH
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zytariuk
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Re: rear calipers
Lubricate your rear calipers.
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ProtegeSTS
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Re: rear calipers
yup, you need to grease the slides... if they are rusted, pull out the studs and sand the insides to remove the rust, then lub and reassemble.
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Zoso124
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Re: rear calipers
Exactly, if you don't do that your best bet is buying rebuilt calipers. Thats what I ended up doing.
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5spd_GS
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Re: rear calipers
yeah the sliders are a pain in the bootay sometimes, especially when they sieze [img]shrug.gif"%20border="0[/img]
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