# Brake job, wheel wont turn easily help :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** corolla, brakes, toyota\ **Created:** [August 21, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872 "2021-08-21T23:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kareem.wtf123_176820)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/1 "2021-08-21T23:16:03Z")
Hi guys , i changed my front brakes rotors and pads i lubricanted the sliders and everything. When i was done my wheel was hard to turn by hand is it normal or i have to do somthing thnks so much. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/2 "2021-08-21T23:19:48Z")
Do you mean the steering wheel was hard to turn? Or the road wheel that you had just changed the brakes on was hard to turn when you tried to turn it manually, with the car on jack-stands? In my experience neither of those is normal after changing the brake pads and properly bleeding the brakes. But newer models may be different, esp if they have ABS. ---
**Author:** ![Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kareem.wtf123_176820)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/3 "2021-08-21T23:22:16Z")
On the jack , i was turning manually with my hand hard to turn idk why… Thanks ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/4 "2021-08-21T23:25:02Z")
I’ve changed front pads on both my own older Corolla ,and on a VW Rabbit. Neither has ABS. After changing the pads I didn’t notice any difference in how hard the wheel was to turn compared w/before the change. Front wheels (on FWD cars) are harder to turn than wheel the rears of course, b/c you are turning parts of the transmission. Does your Corolla sport ABS braking? Is this just one of the two front wheels, or both? The transmission is in neutral, right? Both wheels are off the ground, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/5 "2021-08-21T23:30:39Z")
Your brake caliper may be seized and need replacing. ---
**Author:** ![Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kareem.wtf123_176820)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/6 "2021-08-21T23:35:37Z")
Hi , it has abs and my car was on park, on the jack, ---
**Author:** ![Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kareem.wtf123_176820)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/7 "2021-08-21T23:38:16Z")
Hi , yeah but the piston was okay there was no leak and piston moved easily. Ty ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/8 "2021-08-21T23:40:03Z")
> [@Kareem.wtf123\_176820](#): > > car was on park, on the jack, The front wheels won’t turn if the transmission is in Park. ---
**Author:** ![Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kareem.wtf123_176820)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/9 "2021-08-21T23:45:24Z")
Oh really shoot thanks man ur a god, Been a while didnt change brake thats why thanks ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/10 "2021-08-21T23:56:46Z")
In thinking about this further, if both wheels are off the ground it may be possible to manually rotate one of them even w/the transmission in P. If so, turning one of the wheels will cause the other to turn also, in the opposite direction. It depends on the configuration of the parking pawl. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/11 "2021-08-22T02:23:36Z")
Have you ever done a brake job before? ---
**Author:** ![Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Kareem.wtf123\_176820](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kareem.wtf123_176820)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/12 "2021-08-22T02:34:19Z")
yeah sure just wanted to be sure ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/13 "2021-08-22T12:50:31Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Your brake caliper may be seized and need replacing. If it’s seized wouldn’t you realize that when you tried to push the piston back in to accommodate the new pad thickness? And if it is stuck, now that you’ve pushed the piston in it should be stuck open. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/14 "2021-08-22T13:31:42Z")
A seized caliper can fool you. Pushing the piston in with a large C clamp, the easy method, may not give any real feedback. The piston can knock rust loose inside the caliper at the back of the bore that then follows the piston back out if you pump the brakes after installing new pads and rotors to set tbe pads and check for air. Now the piston won’t retract because the rust has wedged it in place. That situation bit me a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/15 "2021-08-22T15:21:18Z")
@Kareem.wtf123_176820 Just curious: how often, if ever, did you flush brake fluid? I advocate every 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/16 "2021-08-22T16:43:25Z")
> [@circuitsmith](#): > > how often, if ever, did you flush brake fluid Me? I am totally OCD about brake fluid. 3 years at least and sooner depending on what I am doing with the car or truck. The problems I have had with this have been on vehicles I bought used. Many times you just can’t flush all the crud out. A seal kit and a good clean can fix some. Others are just too rotted out. ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/17 "2021-08-22T17:16:05Z")
In my experience it is normal. As long as you can rotate it by hand, you’re good. The new pads need to seat to the rotors. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/18 "2021-08-22T20:28:47Z")
Jack up 1 wheel, put it in neutral. Can you spin wheel? ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-job-wheel-wont-turn-easily-help/178872/19 "2021-08-23T00:01:00Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Me? I am totally OCD about brake fluid. You? Oh no! I know a bit about you 😀 I hit reply on the OPs first post, but I didn’t do any quotation. I thought it would show I was addressing @Kareem.wtf123_176820