You gotta take boot off and spray inside with brake clean and use small brush to clean out the inside of the hole in bracket and then lubricate it with a small amount of brake grease
Silicon brake grease and not too much nor should you put any grease on the end of the pin. Silicon because it won’t cause damage to the rubber boot 5hat hopefully is keeping water and dust out of the” bore” that the pin fits into. Many vehicles have one or both pins that have a small rubber “ ring” near the bottom of the caliper slide pin. These are notorious for swelling causing 5he pin to seize. These rubbe4 rings supposedly prevent noise from the pin during braking. There are kits with new fresh rubber rings and also it may be @ good idea to just remove it.
I just did my fronts and noticed the guide pin was stuck. I brilliantly think "aaaahhhh how bad could it be?". Well now im watching this video because theres alot of brake dust and heat. Not to mention I can see its already doing stuff to the rotor.... You know if i just addressed it like my instincts said...god damn it. Thanks for the video.
Grind and form fit an air hammer chisel . Knock it out , a close tolerance drill bit will clean the guide pin bore . Install new brake hardware with silicone paste .
Overall this was quite a good video. With a good voiceover explaining how to free up one sticking calliper pin. Compared to some that don’t explain anything. And play some god awful background music. Like Beethoven worst symphony. Surly if just one calliper pin was sticking. It makes sense to take care of both calliper pins at the same time. Surly it makes sense to lubricant both calliper pins at the same time. And check all callipers on the car as you go.
I swear you borrowed my Fusion for this video 🤣 my caliper is stuck in exactly the same way, hoping this works cause I can pretty easily clean it up and I have a bottle of caliper grease that needs to get used up Major kudos :D One tip for anyone reading this in the future, if your brake pads wear unevenly (my back tires did that cause the calipers were broken) and you are trying to make do until you have enough money to get a new caliper, save your pads when you change your brakes. When you wear one down swap it with a fresher pad you have saved from last time. If you're anything like me you have one pad worn to the bone and one barely worn at all, slap in a barely worn pad for 2 fairly good pads Note: Not if they are angled, I'm talking about one pad wearing out way faster than the other, due to broken caliper
I literally could not remove mine with a rachet wrench shedge hammer. So i used oxygen acydeline torch to heat up the caliper. After that it loosened it up. I used a wire brush inside to get the melted rubber boot out. Cleaned the pin with a wire brush installed new boot and now the pin slides perfect. Without the torch it wouldnt budge.
Mine wouldn't turn even with a 28 inch breaker bar. Eventually I was able to move like 3 degrees but I think the caliper bolt head was turning and not the pin.
From my experience not insert the rubber well enough for only 1 week and check the brake. Dirt, water easily get in. Then rust all over both pin and hole.
I always have this problem. I lubricate the pins and after a short while I find them stuck and not moving... So what is the solution and what is your advice? Note: Silicone grease is not available in my country, so what is a good alternative?
@@brianheath5091 I replied but I cant see it, so Ill reply again, I got the bolt loose after soaking it 3 times w PB Blaster. The bolt was shorter than I expected. I was able to get to my caliper ( rewind type) and I have the special tool, but its really seized up. I gotta get a new caliper, not gonna rebuild it.
I was twisting the guide bolt with a ratchet whole time i just had to hit with hammer to unseize it😭now my rubber boot is gone, is it safe to drive without it
Dude…. Thank you I gotta keep Cherokee with about 130,000 miles on it and everything is just starting to fall apart so I’ve kinda made it into my project car
Grind and form fit an air hammer chisel . Knock it out , a close tolerance drill bit will clean the guide pin bore . Install new brake hardware with silicone paste .
You gotta take boot off and spray inside with brake clean and use small brush to clean out the inside of the hole in bracket and then lubricate it with a small amount of brake grease
that's what I thought too,
Silicon brake grease and not too much nor should you put any grease on the end of the pin. Silicon because it won’t cause damage to the rubber boot 5hat hopefully is keeping water and dust out of the” bore” that the pin fits into. Many vehicles have one or both pins that have a small rubber “ ring” near the bottom of the caliper slide pin. These are notorious for swelling causing 5he pin to seize. These rubbe4 rings supposedly prevent noise from the pin during braking. There are kits with new fresh rubber rings and also it may be @ good idea to just remove it.
I just did my fronts and noticed the guide pin was stuck. I brilliantly think "aaaahhhh how bad could it be?". Well now im watching this video because theres alot of brake dust and heat. Not to mention I can see its already doing stuff to the rotor.... You know if i just addressed it like my instincts said...god damn it. Thanks for the video.
Me too! Now i gotta go back and fix my front
Mine was way Stucker😂!
Had to set a torch to it. BUT... WATCH OUT!!! heating it up can cause vapors inside and shoot out the pin like a bullet!
Grind and form fit an air hammer chisel . Knock it out , a close tolerance drill bit will clean the guide pin bore . Install new brake hardware with silicone paste .
Overall this was quite a good video. With a good voiceover explaining how to free up one sticking calliper pin. Compared to some that don’t explain anything. And play some god awful background music. Like Beethoven worst symphony. Surly if just one calliper pin was sticking. It makes sense to take care of both calliper pins at the same time. Surly it makes sense to lubricant both calliper pins at the same time. And check all callipers on the car as you go.
I swear you borrowed my Fusion for this video 🤣 my caliper is stuck in exactly the same way, hoping this works cause I can pretty easily clean it up and I have a bottle of caliper grease that needs to get used up
Major kudos :D
One tip for anyone reading this in the future, if your brake pads wear unevenly (my back tires did that cause the calipers were broken) and you are trying to make do until you have enough money to get a new caliper, save your pads when you change your brakes. When you wear one down swap it with a fresher pad you have saved from last time. If you're anything like me you have one pad worn to the bone and one barely worn at all, slap in a barely worn pad for 2 fairly good pads
Note: Not if they are angled, I'm talking about one pad wearing out way faster than the other, due to broken caliper
4:27 did you clean inside? its important
Ok this is frustrating. My pins are square and completely seized up. What then?
I literally could not remove mine with a rachet wrench shedge hammer. So i used oxygen acydeline torch to heat up the caliper. After that it loosened it up. I used a wire brush inside to get the melted rubber boot out. Cleaned the pin with a wire brush installed new boot and now the pin slides perfect. Without the torch it wouldnt budge.
Nice one mate 🏴🇦🇺
Yea my seized one snapped right in half lol. Time to bring in the core and get a new caliper 😅
??? No just get the bracket
Mine wouldn't turn even with a 28 inch breaker bar. Eventually I was able to move like 3 degrees but I think the caliper bolt head was turning and not the pin.
suppose the pins should push all the way down, u leaving air inside
Is it safe to drive without a rubber boot on caliper slide pin?
The rubber protects it from dirt which can cause it to seize up
From my experience not insert the rubber well enough for only 1 week and check the brake. Dirt, water easily get in. Then rust all over both pin and hole.
That was an easy one compared to mine. Mine is stuck seriously hard. I'm trying to figure out how to get it unstuck.
I always have this problem. I lubricate the pins and after a short while I find them stuck and not moving... So what is the solution and what is your advice? Note: Silicone grease is not available in my country, so what is a good alternative?
Before adding the lubricant make sure to clean them if any old grease and dirt
I assume you need a new part and pin, if its too rusty it will get stuck again. I have had this also happen and will replace it next time.
These are tight but able to be moved comparatively easily.,show me how to free up seized slides
Did you fix it? I’m in the middle of that problem right now. I even got it to turn with my impact wrench but it still won’t budge out
@@brianheath5091 no sadly.. Had to source replacement disc caliper.
How'd you get the damn thing off if the caliper bolt was stuck?
Did you fix it? I’m in the middle of that problem right now. I even got it to turn with my impact wrench but it still won’t budge out
@@brianheath5091 I replied but I cant see it, so Ill reply again, I got the bolt loose after soaking it 3 times w PB Blaster. The bolt was shorter than I expected. I was able to get to my caliper ( rewind type) and I have the special tool, but its really seized up. I gotta get a new caliper, not gonna rebuild it.
I was twisting the guide bolt with a ratchet whole time i just had to hit with hammer to unseize it😭now my rubber boot is gone, is it safe to drive without it
No!
Dude…. Thank you I gotta keep Cherokee with about 130,000 miles on it and everything is just starting to fall apart so I’ve kinda made it into my project car
Great video thanks
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Grind and form fit an air hammer chisel . Knock it out , a close tolerance drill bit will clean the guide pin bore . Install new brake hardware with silicone paste .