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Old 07-06-2013, 09:09 AM
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Default Sticking Caliper

Hi all, need a little direction here. I have a '98 A4 quattro 1.8t, I had the front pass side caliper sticking on me so naturally I replaced the caliper. After the install I took the car down the road and still had the same problem. When I did the caliper I also used a new bracket, pad springs, pins (and greased them well) etc.
I know seeing as i bought a reman caliper it could also be faulty but i'm doubting it. I was looking at the possibility of a bad master cylinder but I was thinking that would mess with both calipers, same with the booster. The only thing I see that controls each caliper individually is the ABS unit, but I have no lights or the like going on on the dash. Any ideas?
Old 07-06-2013, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 03gti18t
When I did the caliper I also used a new bracket, pad springs, pins (and greased them well) etc.
Any ideas?
It could be that the rubber brake hose is acting like a check valve. Might be that it's not letting the fluid return to the reservoir when pressure is released.
Old 07-06-2013, 01:57 PM
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Yea, shortly after I wrote this thread I decided to check over everything once again and noticed the line had collapsed, new line and its good to go.
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Thanks for reporting back. Its good to keep mental statistics of what happened.

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