johnonthecoast

Howdi
has anyone else had problems with rear calipers on auii in regards to dragging or scraping noise, i just sold my ea and it had rear caliper troubles from time to time, any help would be appreciated on cause or remedy

john

Aussie Pete

Is it the wear indicator for the pads on that corner?

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BA'1.5' Pursuit 290
Lightning Strike / Reflective Orange Stripes
'General' Dog - AP's German Shepherd and Best Mate - 02Dec1998-15Dec2003.
'Pepper' Dog - General's and My Little German Shepherd Sweetie - 1996?-02Apr2006.
'Sako' Dog - My Beautiful and Pretty German Shepherd - 2001?-23Aug2006.

johnonthecoast

thanx AP
will take wheel off on weekend and have squiz
sounds like a set of pads coming up :)

Aussie Pete

Tell us what you find. That's a common thing though.

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BA'1.5' Pursuit 290
Lightning Strike / Reflective Orange Stripes
'General' Dog - AP's German Shepherd and Best Mate - 02Dec1998-15Dec2003.
'Pepper' Dog - General's and My Little German Shepherd Sweetie - 1996?-02Apr2006.
'Sako' Dog - My Beautiful and Pretty German Shepherd - 2001?-23Aug2006.

SiX_iN_a_RoW

Well my right rear caliper seized up, as were most of the ones I looked at as a replacement

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Lowered EF Futura
Black Steelies ( too cheap to buy proper mags )

Dinga's XR

I have the same noise from my Handbrake (not the wife).

It's been adjusted 6 times but is never fixed. The only time it doesn't make the noise is when it is fully adjusted out so I don't have a handbrake. Or when I'm driving with the handbrake on...

Please let me know if you find a solution.

Darren

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SOMETIMES........I wake up "grumpy",

But I usually let HER sleep.........

JC-XR8

Had this problem - new handbrake pads and new DBA slotted rotors fixed it. But I'm just waiting for it to come back again.

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johnonthecoast

well i took off rds wheel today and checked out the offending disk rotor and caliper, pads were at about 50% wear and no scoring of rotor.
so i cleaned the guides where the pad sits in caliper and sprayed some wd40 on handbrake cable to wash of some dirt and crap, then put some light machine oil on cable and worked the handbrake on and off a few times to help the lubricant get down into outer casing.
so far so good no more noise :)

the next few weeks will tell the final outcome.....
john