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Thread: what's the trick to install the brake calipers?
brad


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posted May 24, 2004 02:04 PM

what's the trick to install the brake calipers?

those darn shims won't both slide in.

Worked on it for over an hour then gave up. I got the pads, caliper bracket, caliper on the car. Slide the upper shim in there no prob. Lower shim won't slide in, even after using a screwdriver to push the caliper up thereby giving more of a gap to try and put the lower shim in there.
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Jeff20B


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posted May 24, 2004 10:12 PM

That's kinda weird. I've never had the problem you've described. A screwdriver has always worked for me. I tried some antiseize on mine recently. The sliders went right in. I don't know if antiseize is the best stuff, or if they should be installed dry, but the truck's brakes seem ok.
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rotormunky


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posted May 24, 2004 10:33 PM

Anti-size is great for the slide pins too, tho I usually try to stick to something like wd-40 on anything even close to the pads.

A little bit goes a long way. Get a smudge of it on your hands and don't notice it and you'll be wiping it off your car's interior for three weeks :) For that reason you want to make sure you don't get a big glop of it on your pads. You aren't going to stop very good for a while otherwise.

On a side note is always fun to wipe a little anti-sieze onto the seat of your buddy's pants and watch him go crazy trying to figure out how its completely coated everything he owns :)






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That's kinda weird. I've never had the problem you've described. A screwdriver has always worked for me. I tried some antiseize on mine recently. The sliders went right in. I don't know if antiseize is the best stuff, or if they should be installed dry, but the truck's brakes seem ok.

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brad


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posted May 25, 2004 04:36 PM

mabye the springs in the caliper bracket are too stiff? not letting caliper push all the way up?

mabye i should just put some Wilwood calipers and rotors on there and call it done.
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brad


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posted June 25, 2004 11:27 AM

tried it again yesterday

those shims won't go in. looks like they're 1mm too thick. I cranked that caliper witha screwdriver, got it to move up and inward. Increasing gap for shim to go into. but can't get it in.

the caliper is reman, installed 1 year ago.

Does anyone have a spare set of shims I can buy?

I think I'll get out the dremel and thin that shim down. I drove the truck with only lower shim on right front brake. Steered straight. Pulled to left during braking. eye-opener getting off the freeway. Thank god I have experience with overcooked brakes on the racetrack . . . . :)
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brad


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posted June 25, 2004 12:51 PM

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