stuck ebrake
 

so ive getting close to the end of my 4 bolt swap, just got new ebrake cables in.

i pulled the ebrake to check tension and i noticed the driver side didnt pull up evenly. so i had my gf pull it while i watched the caliper, the ebrake arm didnt move at all.

anyone know how to fix this or am i just gonna have to get a diffrent caliper

Re: stuck ebrake
 

You might be able to free it up with some PB blaster or rust penetrant and working it back and forth a bunch. Or you might have to buy a new caliper.

Re: stuck ebrake
 

Is it the arm or the cable that is not moving?

Re: stuck ebrake
 

its the arm on the caliper, i replaced both ebrake lines

Re: stuck ebrake
 

You can try pulling the caliper off and turning the piston, righty tighty and lefty loosie so see if that frees it up any. Break and Equipment Warehouse is local and should be cheap, or buy used.

~John

Re: stuck ebrake
 

how do you turn the piston? i tried but the best i could figure out was getting a screw driver on a little notch, but that didnt help much

Re: stuck ebrake
 

vice grip.

Re: stuck ebrake
 

guess i can give it a shot, hope i dont ruin them, either way i got a pair shipped for 30 bucks so i cant mess up to bad

Re: stuck ebrake
 

Yeah, 1G DSM e-brake setup = fail, i have been looking at the setup that the 2G has, I really like it, drums for ebrake, disk for normal brake = win