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Brake caliper overhaul questions

  • Thread starter Thread starter Smokinapankake
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Glad to hear you solved the problem. The one thing I would be cautious of is that when the new pads wear down to the same thickness that the old ones were at, you may wind up experiencing the same issue as the bores in the calipers may be worn in an egg-shaped fashion. This would allow the pistons to get cocked in the bores and not fully retract. Not trying to be a buzzkill or anything, it's just that changing pads can only affect so much of caliper functioning.
 
RJ said:
Glad to hear you solved the problem. The one thing I would be cautious of is that when the new pads wear down to the same thickness that the old ones were at, you may wind up experiencing the same issue as the bores in the calipers may be worn in an egg-shaped fashion. This would allow the pistons to get cocked in the bores and not fully retract. Not trying to be a buzzkill or anything, it's just that changing pads can only affect so much of caliper functioning.
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I don't think there is anything to worry about. The caliper bores don't wear, even if the pistons are skewed slightly.
 
Steve said:
If the brake pads are worn unevenly and you have just replaced everything else with NEW, I think the pads are due, too. :-k
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Smokinapankake said:
So you can all rest easy knowing that brake pads solved the problem.
Put some new EBC HH compound pads in, pumped the lever a few times, and viola! Pistons retracting, lever building and then subsequently releasing pressure. A beautiful thing.
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Thanks for the success report. I was just trying to suggest something that seemed obvious to me. :o

Too many times I have fussed over something saying "it just can't be ..." only to have someone else step up and suggest that very thing. Lo and behold, when I finally broke down and tried it, just to humor the other person, that's what fixed it. Sometimes it just takes another set of eyes on the problem.

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Scuff up your front rotors for those new pads and be careful not to 'glaze' them by using the brakes too hard in the beginning.
 
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