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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2006caliper movement
Are calipers supposed to move freely once it's fitted? GM service manual says "The brake caliper should move easily within the brake caliper bracket" I'm not sure about this though...once the caliper bolts are tightened, I sure can't move the caliper! The same with the original fittings...they were real tight...more like rusted tight! Maybe the movement was so small that it's hard to notice? J. 98 Cav > Are calipers supposed to move freely once it's fitted? > GM service manual says "The brake caliper should move easily within the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > J. > 98 Cav Well, they should not flop around but they should slide easily on the slides. Once the piston(s) are out they won't move much though. >Are calipers supposed to move freely once it's fitted? >GM service manual says "The brake caliper should move easily within the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >J. >98 Cav If the pads are in a normal operating position near the rotors, you may not see much easy movement at all. The movement referred to is with the pads fully backed off or in the cylinder. In this condition you should be able to easily slide the calipre back and forth over it's allowed travel distance. How was the wear on the old pads? If the wear was uneven on the inside compared to the outside pad, you have caliper slide issues, if they wore down even, you are fine. The caliper slide bolts and the bracket slide the pads use should be greased with high temp brake grease. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > Are calipers supposed to move freely once it's fitted? > GM service manual says "The brake caliper should move easily within the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > J. > 98 Cav > How was the wear on the old pads? If the wear was uneven on the inside > compared to the outside pad, you have caliper slide issues, if they wore [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) The pads wear evenly. The old ones look real shiny, like it's made of metal... With the pads well off the rotor, the caliper does loosen up a little...so that's what it is... Thanks.
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