Caliper locked up
Posted: October 19th, 2003, 4:14 pm
First off I have powerstop crossdrilled rotors and axxis metal master pads. My front right caliper locked up on me a little while back, I got up to a speed of about 100kmph before I realized the problem. I limped my car back home and rolled it back and forth in the drive every couple minutes to keep the rotor from warping.
Anyway, I got a new slightly used caliper installed and everything seemed fine for the first bit. Only problem is my pads on that caliper seem to be coughing up a lot more dust then they used to, the rim will have at least 3X more crap on it in a week than the other front one and it seems to be eating the finish qucikly.
The pads have only been on the car for about 5000km. Would a pad change deal with the problem or is this a symptom of something else I'm not thinking of?
Anyway, I got a new slightly used caliper installed and everything seemed fine for the first bit. Only problem is my pads on that caliper seem to be coughing up a lot more dust then they used to, the rim will have at least 3X more crap on it in a week than the other front one and it seems to be eating the finish qucikly.
The pads have only been on the car for about 5000km. Would a pad change deal with the problem or is this a symptom of something else I'm not thinking of?