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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Waynesboro, Virginia
Posts: 186
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Hey Sugarwood. It may not be the caliper at all.
My experience with stuck brakes (brakes come on as you stop but won't release or only release partially) is when the rubber flex lines from the body to the wheel/suspension are ancient and are internally compromised. So the brake fluid can push through the rubber flex line under the high pressure of the master cylinder, but then the fluid cannot flow back from where it came, keeping the pads in contact with the rotor.
The inaugural experience was with a 1961 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II. I learned to take a 7/16" wrench with me when the right front brakes would stick. I could pull over when I felt the brake dragging, get out, lie down on the pavement, reach up behind the drum and open the bleeder screw with the wrench. A spurt of fluid would come out, releasing the brakes, and I'd be on my way..... finally I figured out it was the rubber flex line to that wheel that was causing the problem. I'm glad I got over owning British cars!
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