Lockcuff
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On my 2010 after replacing the front and rear pads (wagner ceramic), rear rotors (brakebest OEM) Rubber brake lines all around (Brakebest) I am noticing there seems to be a slight drag when driving, I can put it in neutral and push it with eas though. The calipers all seemed to be freely collapsing and I did not notice this issue prior to changing things out. The pads were worn down almost all the way before I changed them so the pistons were out quite a but. This is my second pad change since owning it as well. I also flushed the system out with new fluid, it was quite dirty and black in the lines. I cannot tell is either the rear or front is what's dragging, it doesn't pull left or right when braking. I pulled the pads again and moved all the pistons in and out on the calipers and they seemed to move ok before this last trip this weekend. At first, everything seemed really good, I had an increase in MPG as well, was thinking maybe things have been dragging slightly for a while and I never noticed it. We drove for about 3 hours and everything seemed great. Left on Sunday and started home and it felt like it was dragging again all the way home and my MPG was back to what it has been for the last couple years, about a 2-3 MPG drop. I am thinking the calipers may need to be replaced but hate to do it and it still not fix the issue. Any suggestions as to where I can look next? The new pads all seemed to move freely as well and I cleaned all the sliding surfaces when I replaced them. Could the master cylinder be going bad? Any way I can test it?
I have read through multiple threads on here talking about seized calipers but they all seemed to be very obvious and had one side or the other seized and hotter than the rest. I saw one thread talk about pads having an indie and outside orientation but my pads seem to be universal. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
On my 2010 after replacing the front and rear pads (wagner ceramic), rear rotors (brakebest OEM) Rubber brake lines all around (Brakebest) I am noticing there seems to be a slight drag when driving, I can put it in neutral and push it with eas though. The calipers all seemed to be freely collapsing and I did not notice this issue prior to changing things out. The pads were worn down almost all the way before I changed them so the pistons were out quite a but. This is my second pad change since owning it as well. I also flushed the system out with new fluid, it was quite dirty and black in the lines. I cannot tell is either the rear or front is what's dragging, it doesn't pull left or right when braking. I pulled the pads again and moved all the pistons in and out on the calipers and they seemed to move ok before this last trip this weekend. At first, everything seemed really good, I had an increase in MPG as well, was thinking maybe things have been dragging slightly for a while and I never noticed it. We drove for about 3 hours and everything seemed great. Left on Sunday and started home and it felt like it was dragging again all the way home and my MPG was back to what it has been for the last couple years, about a 2-3 MPG drop. I am thinking the calipers may need to be replaced but hate to do it and it still not fix the issue. Any suggestions as to where I can look next? The new pads all seemed to move freely as well and I cleaned all the sliding surfaces when I replaced them. Could the master cylinder be going bad? Any way I can test it?
I have read through multiple threads on here talking about seized calipers but they all seemed to be very obvious and had one side or the other seized and hotter than the rest. I saw one thread talk about pads having an indie and outside orientation but my pads seem to be universal. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
