Can someone confirm this.....

*Maximized2000* · 01-04-2006, 12:43 PM

when I'm rolling at around 3 mph I hear my brakes squeek and after driving on the highway for a few miles and come to a stop..I smell something burning. Is this what you call "frozen calipers"?

Will that make my car feel a little sluggish?

*NmexMAX* · 01-04-2006, 12:54 PM

Yup, sure seems as if that is the case. Confirm which one it is.. (i.e hottest rotor)

*Maximized2000* · 01-04-2006, 01:00 PM

I posted a thread a while ago about having a burning smell after I drive on the highway. My mechanic said it was fine so I paid no attention to the smell. Now I am starting to hear squeeks coming from the the brakes. So I definitely think it is frozen callipers. Its probably in its early stages because my car still rolls when I put it into drive.

BarkerMi129 · 11-14-2008, 12:07 PM

i had the same thing. what it was was the spring mechanism that words the emergency brake was rusted out. and one day i parked the car and pulled the e-brake up, came back later, put the e-brake down. and started driving. i smelled something burning and the rear right tire had quite a bit of smoke coming from it. the spring had not opened all the way back up causing the rotor to be clamped the whole time. Temporary solution: took a pair of pliers and pulled the spring towards the back end of the car to open it back up and release the rotor. Since then: rotor was warped from getting so hot so had to be replaced. break pad was exhausted adn cracked from the high temp. so i replaced it, i redid the brake-lines (unnecessary but figured they were getting bad so now was a good time to do it), and replaced that damn spring that caused all the problems

A33Black · 11-17-2008, 02:47 AM

One of my rear calipers was seized. Was caused by a hold in one of the caliper pin slide boots. Water got into the boot and seized up the pin and caused it to not slide back when I took the foot off the brakes.

I noticed it from the slight noise when the window was down. Then I noticed that particular rim was much warmer than the other side.

Finally, I noticed it was harder to turn than the other side when I jacked up the wheel.

Replaced the pads and pin boot and all is well.

Professor · 11-17-2008, 04:16 AM

Replaced mine 2 times already, its a common issue....