Stuck caliper?

after a drive go out and spit on the lugnuts, if it sizzles you
definately have a brake dragging. is the car pulling in that
direction? i had a problem like that with my '93. it turned out
to be a collapsed flex line to the caliper.

On 8 Feb 2005 16:39:07 -0700, Alex > wrote:

>Hi,
>
>When I drive my 1990 Civic I occasionally hear slight squealing sound,
>such as if a front brake pad were touching a rotor. The sound goes away
>if I slightly pull the steering wheel to the left, but comes back if I
>let it go straight or slightly pull it to the right. I think that one of
>the calipers gets occasionally stuck on its pin guides, but am not sure
>which one it is and how to find out which one it is. Would anyone have
>some suggestions on pinpointing the offending part and how to fix it
>besides simply taking the front breaks apart, cleaning the guides, and
>applying high temp grease to the guides?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Alex.