boombastictiger Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Ok, I have been getting mad squeeking noises from the left front wheel of my car. I first thought it was the disc..so had them changed (they were damaged anyway) Then i thought I needed some copper grease so I put some on.. BUt as i had the car jacked up I noticed that the wheel which the squeeking was comming from didnt role by itself as freely as the right hand front wheel. It rolls byitself half as long as the right hand wheel.. I spoke to a mechanic friend who said its minor brake seizure, and may needs to go to a garage and clear out the piston, bleed the brake system etc... As I dont find the car pulling to one side when braking or swerving to any particular side he said it should be ok to drive with but as the squeaking noise is killing me I really want to get it sorted.. ALSO I noticed that the caliper has a MITSUBISHI logo on it...I took a picture with phone will post up soon...Is this normal on supra brakes? It has the supra decal on the caliper, but on the top embedded into the caliper is the mitsubishi logo... Need some opinions as to what could be going wrong and what I can do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Get a caliper repair kit from toyota and follow this http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=64963&highlight=urgent+caliper very easy once you have done it once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 If they are "J-spec" brakes it may be the sliders rather than the caliper pistons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boombastictiger Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 im just a tad bit scared to play about with my brakes incase I mess something up....I saw my friend fit my discs, looked easy enough....I really dont want to mess it up though... How hard is it to actually clean out the brake system and bleed the system....I heard you need to go to a garage to bleed the brake system as they use special equiptment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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