Brakes/rotors??????????

[Dyoung12]

First of all my car is a 93 Saturn SL2. I changed the brake pads today because when I braked there was a squeal, not a loud one but just enough to hear it in the car. I checked my pads about a week ago and there was an angled wear pattern on the inside pad of the drivers-side front wheel. Another thing I noticed was that when breaking my car will sometimes go off to the right n usually correct itself (psycho car...Christine anyone? haha) . If anyone has any ideas please feel free to share them. Thanks a million!

[chas2008]

drivers side siezed caliper/piston ???, although should really have been spotted when the pads were fitted

[TWR]

Hi, it sonds like the OFF/S caliper is sticking, If you can do it yourself you need to clamp the rubber brake pipe, Undo the bleed niple push back the pads then clean the piston, if its badly PITTED replace it otherwise it will re-occure, whilst you are at the job clean the EDGE of the disk both sides, For the price of a set of pads I would replace the four. make sure you apply a small amount of copper grease to to the back of the pads & try not to get any on the disks.

[david1702198]

you shouldnt need to clamp the flexi hose, the piston should push back with a pair of water pump pliers easily, if it does not then you need to have someone gently press the pedal to try and push it out while spraying a little dw40 on the outsides of the piston and work it back and forth, the fact that your car is pulling to one side when braking would suggest however the piston is not working back and forth as it should be. a brake pull

[david1702198]

if however you do lossen the nipple and the piston retracts ok then it sounds as though the inside of the flexi hose is breaking up and casuing a restriction in the flow of fluid which may suggest again why the brake pull is there as this would cause an uneven distribution in hydraulic pressure to both front wheels