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Old 08-20-2009, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
You can remove the pads from the left caliper and see if you can easily force the pistons back into their bores. If you can.........you rule out the caliper as the problem. If you can't, then you've got to change the caliper and hope that the caliper was the issue.
This is what I would try. It will be pretty obvious if the caliper is seized, you won't be able to squeeze the pad in to remove them. Or you won't be able to squeeze the piston in all the way.
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