On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:52:43 -0700, jim beam wrote:

>> The brake is sticking, I came home today and my rotor was glowing red..
>> smoking... etc.
>> When it gets hot I suppose it warps causing intense shake... and it
>> worsens the longer I drive.
>>
>>
> then why are you driving it???
>
> jeepers, at the risk of sounding like a jerk, apart from this being f-ing
> dangerous, the money you've wasted in excess gas consumption would
> probably have paid for the repair already!
>
> 1. get the caliper fixed because it's seized. you can service the
> existing caliper if it's not too badly rusted. or you can simply replace
> the whole thing.
> 2. get the master cylinder fixed because it's leaking.


The Master Cylinder may not be faulty.

My bet is, since his rotor is glowing red, that he's boiling the brake
fluid to the point of vaporization, and when he hits the pedal, there's no
*fluid* left in the line/caliper.

Fix/replace the caliper, and take it for a test drive.
And get new rotors and pads while yo9ur at it. No sense using something
that's been abused so badly.