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Ford: Sticking front disc brake caliper, disc brake caliper, slide pins


Question
I recently replaced the front brakes on my '90 Bronco.  I replaced the Rotors, Pads, Calipers w/ new pins & Hoses.  I now have a problem with the calipers sticking and causing overheating of the brakes. What could be the cause of this?
The caliper slide pins are properly greased and the caliper does not appear to be binding (i.e. can be moved by hand).  It seems as though the caplier piston is not retracting or ???  I can releave the pressure/drag by compressing the pistions with a large C-clamp, but they will stick and drag after the next drive.
I seem to recall on my '82 Bronco that there was some sort of "compensation valve" that had to reset if to much brake fluid was allowed to drain from the lines when removing the calipers.  Could this be a possiblity?

Help...
Thanks,
Jeff

Answer
what i would do first is is drive the vehicle when the wheel starts to stick loosen the bleeder on the wheel that is giving you the problem and see if it releases if it does then you have a kink hose or a restriction in the line keep working your way back till you find the problem.if it doesn't then the calp is bad oh thou it new i seen it happen to many times. If you look under the vehicle on the driver side on the frame under the master cyl. you will see a combo. block this has a reset button on it also try that.