02 Civic, 1.7L, 114K Found the front brakes sticking. I popped the bleeder open and got a little squirt out of the left side and a less of a squirt out of the right. I’m in the process of changing the pads which are on order from Rockauto. I took the existing pads off and lubed the pad guides/holdi…

Sometimes a sticking caliper piston can be determined when compressing the pistons during a pad installation. This may come across as a piston that seems to be difficult to compress into the caliper bore. At 12 years of age, hardened caliper piston seals is a possibility.

Took the civic for a good test ride and after 10 miles, the brakes started dragging. Got out with the infrared thermometer and both sides were reading the same about 640 deg. measured right on the caliper on each side. They dropped to about 250 after a couple minutes. I purged the bleeder on both s…

You need to find a brake specialist with a good reputation. The master cylinder is not the common point to the two front brakes, there is no common point unless you consider the brake booster, and that would also affect the rear brakes. The brake system is an X feed type, meaning that there are tw…

Went through the entire brake system. Found the adjusters on the rears frozen due to rust. Looks like the rears wore out (metal on metal) the somebody put new shoes on and left the scored drums on. Replaced the adjusters and put new drums on…All good on the rear. Replaced both brake hoses and put n…

Sounds like you’re due for a caliper. Even if the slides are free, if the rubber “square cut ‘O’ Riing” (I don;t know what Honda calls theirs) that distends when you press the brakes and then slightly retracts the pads when you release the pressure is tired (they are, after all elastomers), than yo…

Just one thing to check if brake work has been done before is to make sure the hose itself is not twisted and the lines on the hose are straight. If the caliper has been pulled off before it is possible that they got twisted when put back on which could cause some constriction. Otherwise might be …

Is there an ABS light lit. The control module could be keeping pressure on the calipers. You could pull the ABS fuse and check to see if they are still dragging. I would not think the master cylinder would cause this, but the booster may be holding pressure on it and not releasing. Testing and Ins…

If it is the master cylinder, then the rear brakes must also be dragging or there is something blocking the passageways in the distribution block, but again this is an X brake system, so something that is causing a problem on one front wheel should also affect the opposite rear wheel.

Sticking Front Brakes

Maintenance/Repairs

casper July 14, 2013, 7:00pm 11

Replaced both front calipers, pads, rotors, both brake hoses, lubed the pins up, and completely flushed the brake fluid. They are STILL sticking. I didn’t want to throw parts at it but looks like that is what is happening. What’s left? The master cylinder is the only thing left as far as I know. Would the master cylinder cause this?

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Sticking Front Brakes

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