Greetings to one and all .I have a question I would like to ask, hoping someone can Help me, thanks. Well if you are reading this then you
know about the Love of an A.R.E. My 91, 5 forward, yes, 2wheel drive have been running long and strong thru out the year, so I decided to give her some
TLC. which she did not ask for, but knew she deserve it.
As I was inspecting the front brake pads, I saw that one side of the pad was thicker than the other, on both passenger and driver side. I decided to change them out both .The passenger side caliper
would not retrack to put the new pads in. After doing some testing, I changed both caliper and hose, on the passenger side. Which went well.
This is where I get Lost / confuse. After putting on the new brake pads on the driver side and barely tightening the caliper, the hub would not turn, will not spin, nor would it move.
The only way it would turn is if I loosen the caliper. Yes, I bled all 4 brakes. Can someone help thanks.

 

It sounds like your driver's side caliper pistons are also sticking. The asymmetrical wear between inner and outer pads is indicative of that. When you tighten the caliper, the sticking pistons press the thicker new pad hard against the rotor, locking it up.

I'd replace the driver's side caliper as well. It's usually best to do the same things to both sides of the vehicle when working on brakes, especially the fronts. You want to stop straight, every time.

 

Good morning. I will replace both caliper and hose, thanks much!

 

While you're at it, take a look at the caliper guide pin (called installation bolts in the FSM http://web.archive.org/web/201203161...6-2wdpd606.pdf) The calipers are designed to "pinch" the brake pads, and to do that they have to slide back and forth on the pins. If bent or badly corroded, when you apply the brake, one pad or the other will not "back off" the rotor, and will keep the rotor from turning. Replacement pins are less than $5/set at RockAuto.

 

greetings to one and all. I replaced that caliper, filled up the gas tank, and I am looking forward to hitting
the 300,000 mark. Thanks for the assist.

 

Glad it's fixed. Thanks for reporting back - we love to hear success stories!

 

Congrats!
Glad it's fixed. Being able to stop is pretty important. Almost as important as being able to go
Thanks for checking back with the solution, too.

When my pickup hit 300,000, I pulled over on the side of the highway, and did The Happy Toyota Dance around it 3 times. Had a cop pull in behind me, and ask me what the HECK I was doing. When I explained, he laughed so hard, he almost fell over. It was hilarious. He told me to have my fun, and took off, still laughing. It was a great day all around.

Have fun!
Pat☺