Tried my handbrake-and had to get back home on a taxi
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Tried my handbrake-and had to get back home on a taxi
So I had to go to get some documents and parked the car on a hill. I decided to use the handbrake-which I have used before-...I come back into the car and as I am driving I notice smoke coming out of the left rear tire. I slow down and eventually my pedal goes to the floor (fluid probably boiled). Lucky for me my Jaguar mechanic was only 6 blocks from the place where I had to get my papers from. Obviously a seized caliper. I was going to try what Thermo recommended to see if my rear brakes where "grabbing" causing the car to sometimes feel heavy out of stops. I guess I know the answer now
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Spike, it sounds like your e-brake caliper lever stuck and that is what you are experiencing. A quick fix is to simply remove the wheel in question and then using a large screw driver or something of the like, pry the arm forward to release the e-brake. From there, the caliper should be loose enough to allow normal driving. From there, if you want, you can rebuild the caliper to save yourself some money as the rebuild will only cost you about $30 to do the first caliper ($12 for the rebuild kit, $18 for the special pentasocket). Takes about an hour to rebuild if you take your time.
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When you replaced the calipers, all was well for a time because the system had been open for a bit. Now it's gone back to its old ways. So, it is related. Maybe the guide pins if they are used on that model are sticking, maybe a full fluid flush is in order as well.
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