Sticky right rear brake

cooper1896 · Postby **cooper1896** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:57 pm

After the last club day @ wakefield I noticed that I was getting a lot of resistance to the car free rolling down hill (just at car park speeds).
When I got home I jacked up the car and rotated all the wheels buy hand and the right rear wheel is the culprit. The car is a 2005 nb8b SE.
Before anyone asks, I made sure to leave the hand brake off while the brakes were cooling down after track sessions.

Did a bit of search, but seems most people have problems with the front callipers.

Was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or knows what the fix might be?
Is there an easy way of telling if the problem with the hand brake or the normal hydraulic calliper operation?
I am keen to do a DYI if possible.

Thanks in advance

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:11 pm

Common problem on the NA6 & NA8, but usually on rear passenger side in a RHD MX5. Haven't heard of it being common on the NB8, but might be something we'll see more of:
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greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:18 pm

I know of one NB8A that had a similar problem, was a bugger to fix.

It was a seized slider pin on the RR caliper, it caused a guy in a workshop any amount of grief to get the caliper off and cost me half a day's track time. From memory we had to get a new caliper so I was a bit late arriving for the second day.

As the brakes in the NA and NB are nearly identical, I can't see why the NB wouldn't suffer the same problems ...