The parking brake portion of my rear caliper is sticking. Makes for some hot rotors! Anyone rebuild there brake caliper? I have a '97 with 65K miles.

 

Do a search on this. I've seen it posted before.

 

There could be two causes for the rear brake dragging. The caliper or the brake cables could be stuck. Before going to the expense of replacing the caliper, I would suggest that you check the cables and lubricate as required.

The rear caliper pistons screw out to compensate for pad wear. You may want to screw them back in to regain clearance between the pads and the rotors. Setting and releasing the parking brake several times should take up the slack.

 

The cable seems fine. When it's released, it's loose back at the caliper where the cable connects to the arm. The hyd portion (main brake) works fine. Also, I can move the left's side parking brake arm by hand, the right side I can't. So I'm pretty sure it's the parking brake portion of the caliper that's sticking. Found a rebuilt caliper from partsamerica.com for $83 what's A1 Cardone brand? And I assume "unloaded" means without the pads? It does list it as lifetime warranty, and OE metal piston. Anyone used this brand?