2 days ago, I changed out all the brake pads and resurfaced the rotors on my car. The pulsating issue is gone, brakes are much better quality.
HOWEVER, the driver side rear brake is dragging. After driving for only a few mins it will start smelling like burning brake pads and I just went out to check and the newly resurfaced rotor has that bluish color from being burned due to the high temp (i.e. what happens on titanium tips). The passenger side seems fine.
I jacked up the rear of the car, turned off the e-brake and tried to spin the tire freely with my hand. Definitely resistance. I also felt this when I was driving, like something was slowing my car down. I also got a drop from 18 MPG to 13 MPG. So it's dragging for sure.
Not sure how to proceed, I have a few questions:
1) When I was doing the rear brakes, I had the caliper off and hung on the lower control arm. I got in the car and started her up and then instinctively pressed the brake pedal. It went to the floor and without thinking I was like "why is it doing that? and kept pressing down. I pumped maybe 3-4 times before I realized my brakes weren't installed. I stopped, turned the car off and checked the pistons.
The driver side rear piston was way out. there was about 2" of room still inside the caliper. I used the brake caliper tool to push it back in but it was HARD. I had to use a breaker bar to turn the little handle, couldn't do it by hand.
The passenger side piston (surprisingly), did not even come out. I'm pretty sure it's not seized because I pushed the piston in on the passenger side but it's weird that it did not come out when I pressed the brakes??
Did I **** something up? Do i have to bleed the brakes?
2) I went to a mini track and the rear brakes were smoking and being burnt. You can sell it being burned even after a few laps. Could be normal esp since I had TCS on but the front pads were not even phased. This is a few weeks ago before the brake job. Could this be a sign that the rear calipers have problems?
Will a bleed job fix this?
Dont really know how to proceed from here..
Assuming the worst case scenario, the caliper is busted. I would need new calipers right? Should I just go to Oreillys or autozone and get an OEM caliper or are there comparable (cost) alternatives for aftermarket upgrades?
HOWEVER, the driver side rear brake is dragging. After driving for only a few mins it will start smelling like burning brake pads and I just went out to check and the newly resurfaced rotor has that bluish color from being burned due to the high temp (i.e. what happens on titanium tips). The passenger side seems fine.
I jacked up the rear of the car, turned off the e-brake and tried to spin the tire freely with my hand. Definitely resistance. I also felt this when I was driving, like something was slowing my car down. I also got a drop from 18 MPG to 13 MPG. So it's dragging for sure.
Not sure how to proceed, I have a few questions:
1) When I was doing the rear brakes, I had the caliper off and hung on the lower control arm. I got in the car and started her up and then instinctively pressed the brake pedal. It went to the floor and without thinking I was like "why is it doing that? and kept pressing down. I pumped maybe 3-4 times before I realized my brakes weren't installed. I stopped, turned the car off and checked the pistons.
The driver side rear piston was way out. there was about 2" of room still inside the caliper. I used the brake caliper tool to push it back in but it was HARD. I had to use a breaker bar to turn the little handle, couldn't do it by hand.
The passenger side piston (surprisingly), did not even come out. I'm pretty sure it's not seized because I pushed the piston in on the passenger side but it's weird that it did not come out when I pressed the brakes??
Did I **** something up? Do i have to bleed the brakes?
2) I went to a mini track and the rear brakes were smoking and being burnt. You can sell it being burned even after a few laps. Could be normal esp since I had TCS on but the front pads were not even phased. This is a few weeks ago before the brake job. Could this be a sign that the rear calipers have problems?
Will a bleed job fix this?
Dont really know how to proceed from here..
Assuming the worst case scenario, the caliper is busted. I would need new calipers right? Should I just go to Oreillys or autozone and get an OEM caliper or are there comparable (cost) alternatives for aftermarket upgrades?
