Rear disc break..

[FLESHAXXE]

The rear left disc break is running hot on my 20v levin....I have serviced both sides of the car,front and back but the problem does not seem to go away....Can the ABS be responsible for this ?????

[eskimo]

I dont think so but im no brake expert, sounds like the pison is sticking or caliper not lined up correctly???? id pull it apart again and check

[sergei]

When you serviced how did you push the piston? By vice or by screwing it in?

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

When you serviced them I would hope that you used a vice to push the piston back in. Also check the sliders as they tend to sieze.

[tsoob]

sliders... grease the hell out of them

[sergei]

When you serviced them I would hope that you used a vice to push the piston back in. Also check the sliders as they tend to sieze.

That is very wrong for rear.
If you use vice to push rear on a car with dual purpose calliper (ie brake+handbrake) you are going to stuff the thread in the self adjusting handbrake mechanism making the calliper seized.

It needs to be wound in. No hammer, no vice. There is even a "+" groove to put a large flat screwdriver (and to stop from winding when the pad is there - it will have notch that will go in the groove).

+1 On sliders.

[Quint]

Had a similar problem with my celica rear brakes, the chrome (or whatever) coat on the pot had been abraded by crap and corruption getting under the dust covers, once the chrome had worn off the exposed metal bound to the inside of the caliper.

Long story short - pots had seized up in the caliper because of shit getting under the dust cover and messing things up. Take the calipers off, take out the dust covers (royal PITA) and have a check.

Oh and if the pots are seized up, Compressed air in the ass of them will pop'em out, just don't point it at yourself O_o.

[Bling]

If you don't think you can do it yourself, take the calipers off and drop them to a specialist. That's what I did, for the minimal cost involved in getting them to give them a check over / service, it was money well spent. Just get a price first.

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

When you serviced them I would hope that you used a vice to push the piston back in. Also check the sliders as they tend to sieze.

That is very wrong for rear.
If you use vice to push rear on a car with dual purpose calliper (ie brake+handbrake) you are going to stuff the thread in the self adjusting handbrake mechanism making the calliper seized.

It needs to be wound in. No hammer, no vice. There is even a "+" groove to put a large flat screwdriver (and to stop from winding when the pad is there - it will have notch that will go in the groove).

+1 On sliders.

Oops sorry, was think of fronts not backs, sorry sergei