Practically Classics Forum

before i washed wifeys car i stripped & took patterens of the brake pads.. for some reason there are 2 different sorts. this morning the rear calliper or pad wedged making the car smell of burnt clutch.. stripped it down cleaned & greased the pads..

I hope you mean you greased the pistons. I got a tub of rubber grease to use on mine when I rebuilt them last.

Ok to grease the pads so long as you do it to the back and not the friction surface

You never know with Rich
If they were sticking on then greased pads won't help (unless you do grease the friction surface in which case I am going to change Rich's user name to Barry)

friction surface???? whats that?????

honest i cleaned & put a tiny bit of copper grease on the sliding bit so the pad shouldnt stick

rich. wrote:friction surface???? whats that????? ....

It's that region of a pair of woman's underpants that's lined with an extra thick layer of some form of abrasive coating known also as Worzel Gusset, Gusset De-icer, Gusset Sugar, etc.

bl##dy car!! caliper was seized on again this morning it was -6 here & i washed it 2 days ago?

are you SURE that it is the sliders sticking and not the piston?

im going to take it apart again in a minute & have another look, although after the school run (2km) it seems to be free

I would assume that a bit of heat is freeing it off. I suppose it is not impossible there is some water in the fluid inside the calliper that is freezing and sticking the piston. Have you tried bleeding that corner?