[Shop-talk] Sticky brake

[gordies garage]

With sufficient water in the brake system, it is possible that it freezes in 
the caliper just enough to seize your pads.
When was the last time you did a brake fluid flush?

Gordie

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From: <eric at megageek.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:26 AM
To: <shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Sticky brake

> David writes...
>
>> But I thought Eric said the cable wasn't the problem on his Spyder?
>
>
> When the brake is frozen, I can move the handle up and down w/out
> resistance.  I would image that if the cable as frozen, the hand brake
> lever wouldn't move.
>
> I was able to free it up by gently prying the brake pad away from the
> rotor this last time when the brake was frozen.
>
> Thanks again for all the help.  I'm still considering the new cable as a
> "try it" method.
>
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson