Sid
02-18-2012, 10:07 PM
Alright, so I finally got my miata this past week!
But I was on the lookout while driving this week for any problems that might come along with, and after a few days of blissful fun getting used to driving a fun car again. (sold my dakota to get it.)
so down to the crux of me posting - while driving around today i noticed that the front brakes felt sticky - while stopped on a hill the car wouldn't roll - it would stop on its own when moving slowly and i felt the front pulling to the right when braking. Also the car let out a moan when starting to move from a stop.
SO. a little research and it doesn't sound like an uncommon problem with these cars but i see a lot of info on stuck slider pins.
Well i got the caliper off and the slider pins seem lubed enough to me, but when looking at the piston after that i saw this:
http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l471/namDnas/photo3.jpg
So my question is, am i looking at a rebuilt caliper tomorrow? or would more lube on the slider pin solve the problem? Really im assuming i need to replace it but i wanted to see if that rip in the boot above was a critical situation for it.
Thanks
But I was on the lookout while driving this week for any problems that might come along with, and after a few days of blissful fun getting used to driving a fun car again. (sold my dakota to get it.)
so down to the crux of me posting - while driving around today i noticed that the front brakes felt sticky - while stopped on a hill the car wouldn't roll - it would stop on its own when moving slowly and i felt the front pulling to the right when braking. Also the car let out a moan when starting to move from a stop.
SO. a little research and it doesn't sound like an uncommon problem with these cars but i see a lot of info on stuck slider pins.
Well i got the caliper off and the slider pins seem lubed enough to me, but when looking at the piston after that i saw this:
http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l471/namDnas/photo3.jpg
So my question is, am i looking at a rebuilt caliper tomorrow? or would more lube on the slider pin solve the problem? Really im assuming i need to replace it but i wanted to see if that rip in the boot above was a critical situation for it.
Thanks