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Front brakes dragging.
So I have been spending the last 2 weeks giving the 92 a total make over. I have installed Reman calipers, new drilled and slotted rotors, new ceramic pads, and new stainless steel braided lines. I am having some significant brake drag. It has gotten better but is still an issue. When i first started with this I could let of the brake with the car in gear and it wouldnt budge without pressing the accelerator. That has gotten better but still when i drive, even short distances, when I stop I can barely touch my front wheels and can't touch the rotors or caliper at all. Any ideas? It's strange that it is only the front and both calipers. I have new fluid and plan to replace all brake fluid with synthetic dot 4. Could it be master cylinder? I doubt it because it was fine before i changed parts near the wheels. I will get the calipers off tonight and make sure the pads are sliding properly, maybe spend some trim with my dremel tool smoothing out the grooves.
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Re: Front brakes dragging.
Sounds like the calipers are frozen. Maybe the piston(s) are seized. They're hot because the brakes are always on. It's getting better because, with the brakes always on, you are wearing the pads and rotors down at a prodigious rate.
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