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Offline domba420

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need some help with brakes
« on: April 03, 2005, 02:56:03 PM »
i just bought a 92 sammi and the front brakes are kinda locked up from not being driven for a few months, how can i free them up?
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Re: need some help with brakes
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2005, 02:59:44 PM »
92 Sammy ? I didn't know they
built them that late, any way, you
can try to drive it to break them
loose, or take them apart and replace
the calipers and pads

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Re: need some help with brakes
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2005, 03:38:04 PM »
It's probably rust scale built up on the brake rotor or the calipers frozen in place or both. I agree with wild, you could just try to drive them free; the pads will remove the rust scale pretty quickly.
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Re: need some help with brakes
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2005, 11:55:09 PM »
I'd take them apart, the pistons may be siezed in the caliper or it may be stiff on the sliders.
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