Important! : binding rear brake?

1. tomoaks Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Croydon "In`it" Posts: 163 Got "y" reg saxo VTR, is a nice looking motor.

   #1 19th March 2012, 10:54

   hi all
   
   
   would a binding brake cause the car to pull to one side??
2. BertieG Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 exeter, devon Posts: 1224 Clio 172

   #2 19th March 2012, 11:10

   yes, depending how bad its binding
3. saxosrus-uk Newbie Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 29

   #3 19th March 2012, 11:18

   most likely you have a sticky front caliper too mate
4. user_7096 Established Member Joined: Sep 2005 Market Bosworth Posts: 2482 106 XSi 1360cc

   #4 21st March 2012, 08:51

   just out of interest how can this be solved.... is it just a case of replacing caliper or can they be disassembled and repaired?
5. Tom5190 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire

   #5 21st March 2012, 09:26

   First thing i do is check that its not the pads sticking on or the sliders or anything daft like that ive seen alot of cars with a brake binding problem that once the pads are removed and everything wire brushed and re-greased it can solve the problem if its the caliper itself you can remove the piston, clean any corrosion re-grease that then rebuild. Not sure if there is a caliper refurb guide on here.
   
   Alot of people just replace with another caliper if its standard brakes as its only roughly £10 for one but they can all be taken part and refurbd.