Brake question please help! My back brakes are sticking and I just put on new pads and a caliper but they stic?

i justy got all my brake pads changed and changed the back right caliper me my son and my dad who is very mechanically inclined, did this work but we are stumpt at why the bake brakes get a little hot and at first they were smoking so what are some things it could be? It's a 99 chevy blazer. Thanks for helping!
Brake question please help! My back brakes are sticking and I just put on new pads and a caliper but they stic?
do you possibly forget to tighten the bleeder valve (technically called a banjo bolt) when you bled the brake line after you installed the caliper? Some brake fluid on the rotor would result in smoke.



If they are getting hot and smoking because the brake pads are burning they you installed something incorrectly. You DID compress the pistons when you changed the pads, right?



It could be a lot of things. Most likely you just overlooked something. I'd go back over it with a fine tooth comb and figure out what you missed. Brake work is usually pretty straight forward, so it shouldn't be too hard to spot once you really give it a close look.
Brake question please help! My back brakes are sticking and I just put on new pads and a caliper but they stic?
check to see if the rubber flexible brake line is damaged. It could have collapsed on the inside and thats whats causing your rear brake to stick.
You got the brakes set to tight, you should be able to turn the wheel if the auto is off the ground.
did you grease the slides that the bolts go threw?if not take it back a part and grease the slides,the caliper has to move freely or they will hang up and if the bolt comes out of the slide buy new ones from the dealer those are the best one,they should not come out of the slide.
You could have just got some grease ,oil or brake fluid onto the pads when you changed them and that stuff is just burning off. The brakes get hot normally and you probably never noticed until now. Give it a day or so and see if it continues or take tham off and clean them up. Oil and greese will burn of quickly, no harm will be done.
sure you got right caliber and there is always the brake line and sometimes a fluid line block which helps control pressures so all lines get the same pressures
the reason it is smoking the calliper is sticking might be a faulty calliper or the sliders are not moving remove calliper and check to make sure it is ok and grease the sliders..
on calipers you have slides where the caliper slides on. if the slides are rusty or dirty then it can keep the caliper from releasing from the rotor. tell your dad and brother to pull the calipers and sand the slides down some and put a small amount of high temperature grease on the slides where the caliper slides on. i had to do that on my oldsmobile. if they are just the back then make sure the parking brake is releasing all the way too.
Try readjusting the brakes. Back them all the way off with the rear

tires off the ground, then slowly tighten them up while spinning the tire

the one you are adjusting. Only until it is not so easy to move