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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:06:45 -0500
From: P K <pakobnospamo.com>
Subject: Re: Front end noise back ... again Located, maybe


In article <37j92nF5cm9rpU1nospamvidual.net>, Grunff <grunffnospam.com> wrote: > P K wrote: > > > I took the car to my tire/muffler shop and asked them to look at the > > brakes. Sure enough the calliper assembly was a little loose. They > > said they didn't know how to tighten it if it was just loose. Is this > > an specially difficult/obscure job? For now I'm leaving it alone. > > That isn't enough of a description to tell, I'm afraid. If the caliper > is loose on its mountings, then that is bad, and the bolts should be > checked/tightened. However, if the caliper yolk is loose on the piston > housing, then as I said before, it's perfectly normal. > > I'm worried by the "they didn't know how to tighten it" bit - that > suggests that they aren't familiar with the operation of simple sliding > yolk calipers. Well I'm not sure of the terminology but it was the entire visable assembly (including the callipers and the cable & spring part that actuates the callipers) that exhibited the play. Again it was minor and seemed to be radial rather than vertical. Hope this helps. --Paul

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