On 2009-10-16, Zephyr <davedejonge@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 10:52Â*pm, Tegger <inva...@invalid.inv> wrote:
>> 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, Â*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, Â*what can I do to fix this? Â*is a new caliper in my future or ???
>>
>> > thanks for the thoughts and ideas.
>>
>> > Dave
>>
>> Not likely a bad caliper, but a sticky pin or pad.
>>
>> See here for a (badly in need of updating) writeup:http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/rustybrakes/brakes1.html
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>> --
>> Tegger
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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...

If the inside and outside wear at different rates, it points to the
pins not moving freely. Did you disassemble and re-grease them, then
put them back together right, or did you just test that they moved,
then leave them be?

The rears (especially) need the full service done each time. They get
a lot of crap from the road splashed on them.


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