Hey guys, I recently noticed a scrapping sound from passenger side of my neon.I figured my brakes needed replacing since its been a little while.To make a long story short, I found out that the drivers side caliper will not press in at all.I turned as hard as I can on the c-clamp and it will not go in any further.So the brakes on the drivers side with frozen caliper are still at over 75%, while the brakes on passenger side were completely wore out.
Im not a rich guy, and I just put money into 4 tires.Im wondering If there is any way I may be able to tear apart that caliper and get it working again.What would cause it to freeze like that anyway.?

 

are you sure its the caliper and not the brake line?

Save yourself the headache and pick up a remanned caliper from the parts store

 

Not for a neon, but this would give you an idea of what you would be doing...
http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/s.../calipers.html

Buy one from a parts store or look for a good used one from someone.

 

So, you guys are saying I should be able to pick up a whole caliper from an auto parts store.? I know a real good junkyard I can try also...If the auto parts store is gonna be expensive.Thanks for the advice, and that how-to, I may end up trying to repair myself, just to learn something.

 

advanceautoparts.com has a reman for $60 bucks...

 

Although I am not a fan of Autozone, they used to offer powder coated calipers online. But I don't think they do anymore.

 

This is one part of you car you do not want to take shortcuts on. Go and get yourself a good new or rebuilt unit when you can afford it.

 

Rebuilding it isn't a shortcut, but you do wanna know what you are doing. Most of the ones from the parts store are rebuilt anyways.

 

For the same reason you stated above, I only recomemded he go and get a new or rebuilt unit.
Feel free to recondition it yourself man it's all a part of the learning process and very easy to do.

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