On Oct 15, 11:45*pm, Zephyr <davedejo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 10:52*pm, Tegger <inva...@invalid.inv> wrote:
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> > Zephyr <davedejo...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6f1d9568-717a-4ebe-ac6a-
> > f2a952662...@v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com:
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> > > hey all,
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> > > this past summer ( early august maybe) I replaced the pads on the rear
> > > of my 03 accord.
> > > the left side was worn badly, the right, not so much, but I did them
> > > both with OEM pads,
> > > this week my wife said the brakes were squeeling, and sure enough,
> > > the rear left was making noise.
> > > looking at the outer pad on the left side there is 1/2 of the material
> > > worn off, compared to the right side already, *maybe 7,000 miles into
> > > the new pads...
> > > I haven't had a chance to take the wheel of and look at the inner pad,
> > > but, I'm starting to think that that rear is dragging constantly,
> > > so, *what can I do to fix this? *is a new caliper in my future or???
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> > > thanks for the thoughts and ideas.
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> > > Dave
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> > Not likely a bad caliper, but a sticky pin or pad.
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> > See here for a (badly in need of updating) writeup:http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/rustybrakes/brakes1.html
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> > Tegger
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> > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/
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> Tegger, *thanks for the beauty link, you put a lot of time in that
> obviously...
> hey, *I watched that vid of you turning in the piston on the caliper
> on the rears, *I remember when I had to do that back in the summer it
> took WAAAY more force for me, *I ended up putting the screwdriver
> lengh twise to the groove and used the shaft of the screwdriver in the
> groove of the piston to turn it... ( did that make sense?) *I tried to
> turn it with the screwdriver normally, but that did not work at all...
> the other side did turn a fair bit easier...
> I know the pins looked decent at the time, and I could pull them free
> with my fingers.
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> based on all that info I'm thinking that that the piston is a bit
> sticky, * If I remember right, the inside pad was much more worn than
> the outside pad this summer, and I'm guessing the same has happened
> again...

hmm, I'm rethinking it again, after re reading your bit about rust
under the shims.. I know I had to pry off the the old pads with a
screwdriver and they popped out of place pretty smartly after getting
a bigger screwdriver... I gave lip service to cleaning under the
shims with a screwdriver, and was able to place the new pads in by
hand, but, it wasn't loose.
I live in SE Michigan, on a dirt road where they put calcium chloride
down in the summers... can't think of many worse places for steel
brake parts to live...