i have an 06 evo MR with 3600 miles on it. The problem is that the rear right caliper seems to be stuck so now the car wont move forward or backwards. i washed the car a few days ago so the water may have seized up the caliper and now it cant move.

any suggestions on how to fix this or how to free up the caliper? can i bleed the brake so that the caliper gets loosened up?



thanks,
marcus

 

well...take it off and see if u can still push the pistons back in the caliper....and do some diagnostics...i mean there isnt much that anyone can tell u unless its happened to someone else before...but i dont think it could be from water....or maybe check ur parkin brake adjustments...

 

Evos have the old style conventional small drum style parking brake which is activated by a parking brake cable. This is a separate mechanism from the hydrolic disc brakes that was mentioned above. There is a small drum style portion of the rear disc brake rotors for this purpose. You should be able to "assist" the released (parking brake lever down) parking brake cable to release tension at or near the the brake that is dragging. I have not gone out and looked under my car to confirm this since I am out of town traveling. If this works, lubing or replacing your sticking parking brake cable plus housing may be in your future.

 

HOW cold is it where you are?

Ice can cause a problem like this.

Mitsuatb

 

It's normal for this to happen to a small degree whenever you wash your car and put it up slightly damp. Rust forms. The caliper isn't siezed, it's just that the brake pad is rusted to the disc. How forceful are you being when trying to get it to break free? If you're not being very forceful, I'd try it again, put it in gear and try to pull away a little bit harder than "normal" and see if it doesn't bust lose. It most likely will. Don't get crazy with it! You don't need to do a 5,000 rpm clutch dump, but maybe 2,000 rpm's and let the clutch slip a bit like a normal start from a stoplight and see what happens. If it's still stuck