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Old 03-04-2007, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
I haven't had to do my rear brakes yet but I have rebuilt calipers on other cars and the biggest thing is just take your time and don't force things. Calipers are usually supposed to float so they stay centered and if your brakes are wearing on one side more than the other I would suspect that the caliper is sticking on it's slide pins and not floating. I would check this first to be sure they are not rusted in place. I have not looked at the rears so its possible they are not supposed to float and if that is the case then this does not apply.

what you describe is a floating caliper. on a 123 the calipers are fixed and so have cylinders on both sides of the disc and the caliper is fixed, whith no floating on the pins. and no pins.

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