how bad is it?

[silpena]

ok so recently my brakes worn out but before i got to buying my new pads they started grinding on the rotors the rotors are f'ed up and i'm getting new ones. the problem is the pad got so worn down is just sid out. I've only driven like 5 miles on this and gonna take it apart and replace the pads and rotors. I'm worried that my caliper might have gotten warped or siezed up by the heat without the pad being on. How do you if its siezed or should i get a new one? I havn't driven it since i don;t wanna run into more problems. Any help i appreciate. Oh yeah i have a 1993 240sx se.

[EazyBreazy]

if the caliper is seized, you will be unable to push the piston back into it when you install new breaks. if your just running stock front calipers, you could probaly pick one up off of the classifieds here for dirt cheap, and have the piece of mind that it has not had the pad fall out.

on another note, i used to have a 91 toyota corolla and had this happen to me, exept instead of fixing the problem, i kept driving using the ebrake to slow me down for stop lights and signs. extremely dangerous thing to do, and i wouldn't recomend it

[silpena]

ok i took off the rotors andall but on the way of taking off thecalipers i snapped a caliper bolt but i'llbe getting a new one tommarow and reassembling the calipers. My nieghbor told me that the piston was leaking fluid bad and he thinks it might leak alot and ruin the pads becuase the piston not might seal up right when i push it back but who knows . What my plan was to use the other pads on my other side when i reasemble the piston and put the new ones on those and put the old ones on my bad side to expermirment in case it leaks and ruins my pads. IF it does leak then i won't ruin my new pads. My piston isn;t leaking right now but i need to know if its a good plan before buying a whole caliper for 85 dollers?