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Hello all
I have a 1999 F-150 and the right front brake stays clamped on long after I let off the brake. I replaced the brake caliper and put on some new pads but it still happens. What the heck is going on? None of my other brakes do this.
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Anti lock malfunction maybe.
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Anti lock malfunction maybe. This^ Did you ensure that the caliper could move freely in it's mount? Slides clean and greases? Or, it wouldn't be the first time a new or rebuilt part wasn't working properly.
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In rare instances, a partial constriction or blockage in a hose or line may be causing the caliper to bleed back off slowly after applying the brakes.
My first inclination would be a defective rebuilt (?) caliper.
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I doubt that both the old and new calipers were bad. I would also suspect the brake hose.
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In rare instances, a partial constriction or blockage in a hose or line may be causing the caliper to bleed back off slowly after applying the brakes.
My first inclination would be a defective rebuilt (?) caliper.
Myron Had a mid 80's Oldsmobile that a line collapsed not releasing the caliper.
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There is also some spring steel clips that you can get that help release the tension on the pads, check with Rock Auto.
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I have to go with the rubber brake line, seen it quit a few times. They get an internal crack that makes a flap that acts like a check valve. Frustrates a lot of mechanics as few seem to think about the rubber line, seen em change out everything but and it still happens.
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Had that happen too, on exterior inspection the hose looked fine, nice and firm. Changed everything below it, next was the complicated and expensive anti-lock system so I replaced the hose just in case. Darned if it hadn't degraded internally and worked like a leaky check valve - intermittently of course.
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Keep driving. It won't do that for much longer.
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Keep driving. It won't do that for much longer. L O L, made me laugh. You'd make someone a great Mother-In-Law some day... still Laughin'
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Keep driving. It won't do that for much longer. Found On Road DEAD And burning!!! 
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Hose would be my guess because it happened to me on my 92.
It took driving 2 miles for the caliper and brake pad to catch on fire.
New hose and all of the heated up parts did the trick.
Might try to bleed a lot of fluid out that side when done,to make sure no junk got pushed back in the system.
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Crack the bleeder if the piston retracts it's the hose.
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Crack the bleeder if the piston retracts it's the hose. That will release the pressure, but will not retract the piston.
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For all of you who said it was the hose, you are correct. In 45 years of driving I have never had a issue with a brake hose but I have had calipers fail. I went with past history first and lost to the tune of $126. The brake hose with a pint of brake fluid was $27. I think it's time to just replace the other side and not worry about it.
Thanks for everyone's response.
kwg
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Mine on my 97 f150 went the other way. Ruptured going to work one morning and the brakes didn't want to work after that.
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