Rear Brake Caliber

External Since: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 23

I have a 1995 Toyota Avalon and the problem I'm have is that one of the
rear calibers does not disengage. While I'm riding along the brake pad
rubbs, smells, overheats, and smokes slightly. What should I do to correct
this problem? Oh by the way, I replaced the caliber. My thinking was that
the previous caliber was bad. After installing the new caliber, I bled it.
My next approach is to bleed the other wheels with the hope of correcting
the problem.

External Since: May 12, 2007 Posts: 55

In article , "cea1" wrote:
>I have a 1995 Toyota Avalon and the problem I'm have is that one of the
>rear calibers does not disengage. While I'm riding along the brake pad
>rubbs, smells, overheats, and smokes slightly. What should I do to correct
>this problem? Oh by the way, I replaced the caliber. My thinking was that
>the previous caliber was bad. After installing the new caliber, I bled it.
>My next approach is to bleed the other wheels with the hope of correcting
>the problem.
>
start with the idea that it's a caliper....you know, like sqeezy things?
how mechanical are you? it's no big deal to pop off a wheel and then unbolt
the caliper from it's mount to look carefully at the pads. if it's down to
bare metal and the rotor has scours and ruts, you will need to replace the
rotor and pads.
if you replace one pad, at least do the opposite wheel also. if you have 4
wheel discs, i would do all the pads, even if the other 3 have some life.
if all of this sounds like martian, see a pro. and do it now. brakes are
relatively cheap to replace, you may not be...ok?
lots of online help in google and yahoo toyota groups also.
again, do it now!