[clg82]

Hey everyone this truly is an odd one. A handful of times after washing my car, using Adams Polishes wheel and tire cleaner on the wheels and tires and than parking it for a day or 2 the front brake calipers become stuck. When putting the car in reverse to leave the garage it take a lot of RPMs to get them "unstuck". And it almost becomes "unstuck" violently with a loud thud. Anyone else have this issues at all? The brakes function like they should afterwards. This has happened backing up and going forward.

[WhiteMale]

its rather normal for the pad and rotor combo on these cars. That moisture is going to lock them up if parked right way and allowed to sit. Ive only had one time that it was particularly hard to break them loose. I use the Z26 street pad and it's much less than the OE Brembo pad.

[Z OH 6]

There was a guy on the FB groups that recently just posted something similar. Part of brake pad got stuck to the rotor.

Not sure if you're part of the 6th Gen ZL1 FB group but here's the post.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/7188...7752343722852/


I've never had this issue but I use Carbotech 1512 pads.

[Curr]

Drive the car right after you wash it down, heat up the rotors / pads / calipers, or get some Atom-Mac and spray it on before you put it away.

[Megahurtz]

Don't wash the tires and wheels when the brakes are hot. Also, it helps if you move the car after you wash it rather than just wash the car and leave it sit. I pull the car out of the garage and wash it cold, then move it back into the garage and I never have this issue.

[clg82]

Originally Posted by Megahurtz

Don't wash the tires and wheels when the brakes are hot. Also, it helps if you move the car after you wash it rather than just wash the car and leave it sit. I pull the car out of the garage and wash it cold, then move it back into the garage and I never have this issue.

Just to clarify, and i understand you're concern with washing it hot, the car was sitting overnight so that wasn't the issue.

[clg82]

Originally Posted by Z OH 6

There was a guy on the FB groups that recently just posted something similar. Part of brake pad got stuck to the rotor.

Not sure if you're part of the 6th Gen ZL1 FB group but here's the post.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/7188...7752343722852/


I've never had this issue but I use Carbotech 1512 pads.

I literally just saw that haha, turns out these cars have an issue without driving it some before letting it sit after a wash. Either people don't wash these cars and than let them sit in the garage, or more people than not wash them and drive them immediately afterwards. I will make sure to drive it around the block a couple of times after washing the car. The person in that facebook group actually had the rotor split....which is crazy that you can't wash and than park it. Maybe some sort of a compound combined with the rotors

[Z OH 6]

Originally Posted by clg82

I literally just saw that haha, turns out these cars have an issue without driving it some before letting it sit after a wash. Either people don't wash these cars and than let them sit in the garage, or more people than not wash them and drive them immediately afterwards. I will make sure to drive it around the block a couple of times after washing the car. The person in that facebook group actually had the rotor split....which is crazy that you can't wash and than park it. Maybe some sort of a compound combined with the rotors

I can't tell you how many times I've washed my car and then pulled it in the garage without driving it. This has never happened to me but I use Carbotech 1521 pads which is probably why. Different pad material doesn't have the same reaction as the OEM pads.

[clg82]

Originally Posted by Z OH 6

I can't tell you how many times I've washed my car and then pulled it in the garage without driving it. This has never happened to me but I use Carbotech 1521 pads which is probably why. Different pad material doesn't have the same reaction as the OEM pads.

Yeah very odd indeed.

[RobZL1]

Yep. This would happen on my last 3 cars, including this one. Just need to drive it around my cul-de-sac two or three loops before I park it in the garage.

[Megahurtz]

Originally Posted by Z OH 6

I can't tell you how many times I've washed my car and then pulled it in the garage without driving it. This has never happened to me but I use Carbotech 1521 pads which is probably why. Different pad material doesn't have the same reaction as the OEM pads.

Same, and I still have OEM pads. Never had an issue. I would guess it may be the type of wheel cleaner being used and that its being liberally sprayed on the rotors too and maybe not being washed off properly.

[RobZL1]

Originally Posted by Megahurtz

Same, and I still have OEM pads. Never had an issue. I would guess it may be the type of wheel cleaner being used and that its being liberally sprayed on the rotors too and maybe not being washed off properly.

In my case, it's just water. Even if I just spray the car down with the pressure washer, it will do it. (I had the exact same thought and tested it.) Maybe it has to do with hard or soft water?

[Megahurtz]

Originally Posted by RobZL1

In my case, it's just water. Even if I just spray the car down with the pressure washer, it will do it. (I had the exact same thought and tested it.) Maybe it has to do with hard or soft water?

hmmm maybe, we have hard water down here in Florida

[MT-SS1LE]

Originally Posted by RobZL1

In my case, it's just water. Even if I just spray the car down with the pressure washer, it will do it. (I had the exact same thought and tested it.) Maybe it has to do with hard or soft water?

I think it could have something to do with it. I wash my car with only deionized water and then it sits for days, up to two weeks. There is visible rust on the rotors, but they have never seized to the pads.