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Old 09-12-2015, 09:28 PM   #1
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Drivers side Brake caliper stuck shut? ABS engaged all the time.

Running wilwood bbk up front.

So just 2 days ago, i was driving and any time i press on the brakes with forward momentum, i believe the ABS is kicking in. It immediately makes a studdering/shuddering sound. If i revers and brake, no problem.

I pulled the wheels off, inspected the rotors, pulled the pads, inspected all looks good. What i noticed is up on the lift, the pass wheel freely spins, so lets call that 0% brake engagement, with the typical minor rotor/pad rubbing.

Drivers i would say is 80% engaged, takes a lot of force to get the tire to rotate, and even then, does not spin, as the rotor and pads are essentially engaged.

Its making me think that this is the reason for the sound when braking, since the drivers side is almost completely engaged already, as soon as i brake, abs sees that as being locked up and engages.

I took some video and will try to post shortly, have to see if its even good enough quality to hear problem.

Is there a way to completely eliminate the ABS to check without it? I tried pulling both fuses, but that didnt seem to make a difference.

Trying to trouble shoot, maybe possible the ABS unit is bad? Or thinking that maybe the caliper is going bad, starting to seize.

About 3 days agao i was driving and came around a corner and had to quickly brake, maybe 65 down to 30, it locked the tires, not sure if that did something. It didnt start up righat after that though, it wa a day later that i noticed this.
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