Gary,
How much, and how freely, should the cylinder be able to move? I could
not push out either side (driver's or passenger's) with my fingers and
had to use a plastic mallet to free them up. Yes, there was a burr on
the one that I was having trouble with, though I had to use a vise to
get the cylinders to load on the slides evenly.
Also, how much is too much in squeezing them back on the slides? It
seems, that if they are not pressed on enough, loading a new inner pad
could be pretty difficult.
Thanks,
Ken
On Aug 28, 2005, at 11:50 PM, gary freeman wrote:
> Ken, if you're talking about what I think you are,
> it's
> supposed to slide. If it's difficult, that's probably
> why the one pad wore out sooner than the others.
> That's
> how floating calipers work- as the piston pushes on
> one
> side, it pulls the other pad into contact with the
> rotor via the slide. If the caliper can't move on its
> slide, then one pad is going to do all the work.
>
> --- kenneth parker <elkeni@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> While refitting the front brake caliper cylinder to
>> the caliper slide
>> (84 505 STI sedan) I found the cylinder not that
>> easy to fit onto the
>> slide. I had to use a vise to seat it. Should this
>> cylinder slide
>> freely for proper braking or is it designed to stay
>> in place once
>> assembled?
>> Thanks,
>> Ken, moderately paranoid in Richmond, CA
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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