I just replaced the front brakes and right side rotor on my 95 4runner, after only 12 thousand miles, the right side pad was completly gone. Has anyone had a caliper stick. or could it be something else? How much to have a caliper rebuilt. or is cheaper to but a new one?

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r.1. burden

I was looking on advanceautoparts.com
what is the diffrence between a loaded caliper and an unloaded caliper
Cardone 171601
Reman.; Front; Left; Loaded; OE Metal Piston
Lifetime Limited Warranty 66.00 with a $50.00 core


Cardone 191601
Reman.; Front; Left; Unloaded; OE Metal Piston
51.88 with a $50.00 coreurdem


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r.1. burden

I've had this problem before. Not on a 4Runner, but at least on a toyota. Your calipers are most likely fine. And I think if you would get a "loaded" set it wouldn't fit your problem anyway.

Here is what you need to do. Know I don't know the exact way the calipers are put together on a 4Runner. I just got mine and I haven't done any brake work. But usually the caliper is held on by two bolts. And the caliper floats on these. The bolts actually goes through a small tube called a slide or sleeve. And the caliper slides on the tube. There is a little boot on each side of the caliper, a pair at the top and bottom. If anything these might be riped. If they are replace them. When ever you do a brake job doen't just replace the pads. Take the caliper off too and check the slides. Pull them out, if they are really pitted replace them. At the very least take them to a wire wheel on a bench grinder to clean them up. And then lube them up, I know they make a special lube for this, I can't remember the name. But this is what make pads wear out, and brakes drag and squeek, it is usually not the pads. Hope this helps, or gets you going in the right direction.

The difference is brake pads. Loaded comes with pads, unloaded doesn't.

I did sand the pins down just to knock off some rust
and to make sure that they did slide through with no resistance,
maybe this will fix the problem.

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brad g

anyone ever had a piston on a brake caliper stick all the way out when pushing the other in? i have 4 piston calipers on my 4runner, and when doing my pads today i opened the bleed to push the calipers open so i could fit the new pads on the roter. on one of the psitons when i pushed it in, the other piston, on the same side, stuck all the way out and now i cant get it to go back in. any help?