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Car Forum / Acura Cars / September 2007

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Rear caliper pins frozen on 1993 Acura Vigor GS

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joshbilsky@gmail.com - 30 Sep 2007 16:36 GMT
A few months ago I noticed that my rear brakes were rubbing on my
93 GS. I finally had time yesterday to pull the wheels to make a
diagnosis. The inside of my rotor is smooth and shiney while the
outside is rusted. It turns out the caliper pins are completely
seized. I assume that these are supposed to pop right out as they do
on the front calipers? The pins don't move at all. Is there any way
I can remedy the problem? I noticed that the pins are mounted on a
bracket. Is there a way to replace this bracket? I tried spraying
penetrating oil on the pins to see if I could get them to move but
they appear to be gulled up too badly. One of the pins is missing a
rubber boot.  Any ideas on how I can replace these pins and
possibly the sleeves as well?

Thanks!
Tegger - 30 Sep 2007 18:23 GMT
joshbilsky@gmail.com wrote in news:1191166569.598228.250460@
50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

> A few months ago I noticed that my rear brakes were rubbing on my
> 93 GS. I finally had time yesterday to pull the wheels to make a
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> rubber boot.  Any ideas on how I can replace these pins and
> possibly the sleeves as well?

See here for the whole brake tutorial:
<http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/rustybrakes/brakes1.html>

See here for sprcifics on your seized pins:
<http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/rustybrakes/moredetail/brakes2_detail.html>

Any more questions, post back here.

Note: those missing boots are bad bad news. You MUST replace them. And
NEVER use penetrating oil on your brakes. It won't help.

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