Why is my brake caliper sticking?

Asked by eli113m Apr 09, 2020 at 02:29 PM about the 2001 Ford Taurus SEL

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

So on my 2001 Ford Taurus my breaks
Started sticking like a month or two ago to
where they would smoke and couldn’t drive
over 35 mph. so I replaced the break pads,
And my front left caliber was really hard to
retract but I got them replaced and thought
that it was fixed, but it wasn’t, they still kept
sticking and if I let some fluid out of the bled
value on the front left caliber it would release
and I could drive for a little while again but it
was quite annoying to having be bleeding it all
the time. So just today I replaced the rubber
break hose going to my left caliber but now
my breaks totally don’t work it doesn’t build
up pressure!
And that hose was not the problem the old
one is perfectly fine!!
Anyone have any ideas?   

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RickMN answered 4 years ago

My guess is that you now have air in the master cylinder and ABS valves and that's why you have no pedal. When brakes drag after a caliper and hose replacement, the cause is usually a stuck valve in the ABS unit or a misadjusted push rod in the master cylinder. A misadjusted push rod pushes the piston too far forward in the M/C and prevent fluid expansion back into the reservoir as the fluid heats up. The result is the brakes apply by themselves as the fluid heats up. You may have to do a full fluid flush to clean crud out of the M/C and ABS valves.

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