Brake caliper issue

[Pumba]

I have just done a routine pad change on my clio DCI. I noticed that one of the nuts on the caliper carrier (o/s) wouldn't retract as they normally should (they slide in and spring out usually) so when refitting the caliper, I had to manually compress said nut in order to get the caliper to bolt on properly.

My issue is that the o/s wheel wont turn very easily by hand with the new pads in plus the brake pedal has very little feel now i.e. only bites at the floor. I think my brakes may need bleeding anyway which I'll do tomorrow, but should I renew the caliper carrier aswell?

Im not entirely sure what the push in/spring out nuts do on the caliper carriers.

Any advice appreciated.

 

[BRUN]

might be worth taking the slide pin out of the carrier and greasing it, and putting it back in

 

[Pumba]

This is exactly what I did today. When the pin is forcibly compressed, the brake pedal is only effective near the bottom. It was properly jammed in there, so once I got it out and greased it and reassembled it was much better. Managed to damage the rubbet grommit though. I'll order a new carrier anyway.

Thanks for the tip.