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Bleed the front brakes and the right brakes keeps locking up brakes bleed good but the caliber dose not release like it should and if the motor is runing it locks up tite i have replaced the hoses and caliber on the front

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Caliper piston is sticking. Try pushing it all the way back to the bottom of its travel and then pump the brake pedal slowly and lightly until the piston has reached a point of contact with the pads.

I've not had much success with this method. Usually, if a piston sticks, you're better off to just replace the caliper.

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