Zinda

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According to the stealership my rear calipers are ceased! But I am not noticing any performance or braking issues. How much will this likely cost me?

skottydznt

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They are probably referring to the seizure of your bottom caliper sliding bolt. It is a pretty common issue and It cost me about 75 bucks to fix. All you have to do is order a caliper (try rock auto or parts geek) and send them back the "core" caliper so they can rebuild it. Any reasonable shop should be able to do it for 30-50 bucks MAX (install cost).

scott1256c

if you are a diy kind of guy, once you take it off you can try loosening it yourself. Mine was seized really well, and my friend loosened it by hitting it on the side. I don't mean trying to twist. I thought that was nuts, but he said it comes with a few years of experience. Then we used some emery cloth (inside and out, to smooth), rust converter and some grease. That was last summer. They still seem to be holding up well.

All this because the local napa had no calipers in stock.

Zinda

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So wait do I have to buy parts for this or will simply getting the bolt to unseize will fix it?

scott1256c

IF you can get the bolt to unseize, then use some emery cloth to smooth the bolt out and get rid of as much rust as you can. I used a drill bit about the same size as the bolt hole and wrapped the bit with emery cloth to smooth out the bolt hole, my power drill was on as low a speed as it would go. Provided you can do all that, then no, no new parts.

Or "pin" would probably be a better term than "bolt".

Gville350

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If your calipers were anything like mine, one was 100% seized and the other was 75% seized. Not worth my time to fix. Purchased new OEM calipers and installed them myself. All back to normal.

What causes the seizing is moisture getting into the slide pin bore and causing the pin to rust to the bore. Only half of the caliper ends up working, causing uneven braking AND uneven brake pad wear.