PITA Brakes!

[neon_boy82]

Hi everyone. I need some help with the rear brakes on my truck, specifically the driver's side. I replaced the pads and rotors on both back brakes last summer. A few months later I noticed a grinding noise coming from the driver's side so I pulled the wheel off and took a look. The pads were completely wore down, metal on metal. All the brake components were coated with brake dust. It's like they were seized on. I took it all apart, the piston on the caliper seemed to work fine and the slide pins worked well too. I bought new pads an put them on. A few days later after about a 30 minute drive the brakes started amking noise again. They were sqealing in a rotational patern and it was more noticeable under low speed turns ( like from a stop light). Anyway, I just checked them out again today. The pads aren't wore down as bad this time but the noise is getting more frequent. Again, the caliper seems to be fine. I was told it might be a problem with the rubber lines not releasing pressure but I can't tell if they are bad or not. If anyone has any experience with this or and ideas what might be causing this problem I would appreciate your feed back. Thanks.

p.s. Sorry for the long post

 

[Mshjr]

I had this problem as well. I repacked the caliper. This seemed to fix the problem.

 

[neon_boy82]

how do you repack a brake caliper? I tried to ggogle it but I couldn't find any information about it. thanks.

 

[Mshjr]

Repacking is just replacing the seals inside. In total I think there were 4-5 seals in it. The seals can ordered by googleing the caliper you have. I only paid 1.85 for all the seals. Extremely cheap. You can find them at nappa auto parts and such.

 

[Mshjr]

You also might just need to re grease and pack your wheel bearings too! Simple and easier to find on google for sure.