As I posted earlier, the brakes need work. I suspected a sticking caliper piston. Today, after the shade finally moved over Pumpkin (it was over 100 degrees today), I jacked it up and pulled the wheels off. Then I pulled both front calipers off to check them. The right side has different bolts holding the thing together (torx head) and I don't have the tool for that - yet. The left side had regular hex head bolts so I started there and sure enough, a piston was stuck. These are "super duty" calipers and have two pistons on each side. One was stuck on the left side. The seal had split and water got in and rusted things up a bit. It clean up okay, though. I'll pick up some new seals and the torx tool Friday, but won't get to put it back together until after the weekend. I'm going to Stephen's to help with some wiring. So, I won't know if the right side had a sticking piston until then, but I think it is probably okay.
Thinking back, the guy we bought Pumpkin from told me he had put new pads on the front. I suspect this caliper was sticking then and he thought it was the pads. The new pads would have been thicker and re-positioned the piston which may have freed it up for a while. Oh well. It will be good now.
