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Comments on caliper design
Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:06:36
In Reply to: replace front brake pads, 2003 Aero and 9-5's, Dean, Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:42:52
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The front caliper dispenses with the sliding caliper having a sliding machined contact surface with the fixed portion of the caliper. This seems to be a mature design that dispenses with usless details. The design now rightly assumes that the brake pad backing plates will direct all of the braking forces to the fixed caliper via the pad backing plates. So one does not have to worry about the two caliper portions having a machined sliding interface to be lubricated. The whole caliper to caliper is a a bit floppy, but the outer wire spring keeps things relatively stable. I suspect that the spring keeps the sliding caliper in contact with the ears of the backing plate, so the backing plate ears are a contact point to both the fixed and sliding bits. This design approach may have been around for while, but I saw this detail for the first time. With the 95SET I never had the slider bolts out, I changed the pads with the caliper completely removed as the rotors were being replaced. I have seen floating caliper designs with the sliding machined interfaces over the years.
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Posts in this Thread:
- replace front brake pads, 2003 Aero and 9-5's, Dean, Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:42:52
- Install rear brake pads, Dean, Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:58:44
- Main caliper mounting bolt torque, Dean, Wed, 14 May 2003 11:27:51
- Re: replace front brake pads, 2003 Aero and 9-5's, Jeremy, Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:57:40
- Just think of your 9-5 as reincarnation of you 95 :-), J, Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:02:22
- Comments on caliper design, Dean, Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:06:36 <-- Viewing This Message
- Existing thread and great link on bedding in pads, Dean, Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:08:56
- great post, Jason 0W-40, Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:15:08
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