Looking for some advice here on my SRAM Code R front caliper. Just paid a reputable shop to service it due to two stuck pistons. They replaced all the seals and bled. Took it for a long downhill ride and now the pads on the left side are dragging. I took them out and pushed the pistons back in to make all 4 even, mounted the caliper centered and sure enough the left ones took up almost all the slack. Does this mean the right ones are stuck again? I do most of my own maintenance but brought the bike in for this because I haven’t had luck bleeding Srams. These are 2022 calipers and I have already replaced the rear due to sticking calipers when seals were unavailable. These things are starting to drive me nuts.
by jrey96
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I’ll add that I have since recentered the pads on the rotor and the gap is so minimal that the pads rub no matter how much fine tuning I do.
For the cost, I’d probably cut your losses and replace the callipers. I give them a good clean, reset and if they still do this its time. The pistons pick up surface damage and the seals just stop gliding after a while
I went in this exact same circle with a set of codes for months before I finally just got different brakes. Fuck these brakes. So incredibly frustrating. Mine lasted 1 season, and for the second season they started doing exactly what you are describing here, and I eventually just gave up.
It was always the same problem you are describing here. Dragging pads, stuck pistons. Open the system, clean everything, reset the pads, bleed the brakes. Then, ride the bike, and it would always just happen again.
My advice to you is to cut your loses and move onto something else. Magura, Shimano, Hope, Hayes, TRP… the world is your oyster. There are a ton of great options on the market right now, just not by Sram.