Re: Brake calipers sticking
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Re: Brake calipers sticking



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On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 Roguev8@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I've been reading the posts on the Matador brake caliper problem, and I
have a similar one. My '67 Rogue was an original 4 piston disc brake car,
and several years ago I replaced that setup with the big 3" single piston
jobs from a '75 Matador. Ever since then, the front calipers seem to hang
up. I just installed new calipers and pads, the brake hoses are good, and
the master cylinder was done and resleeved a few years ago. It's the
original 4 piston master cylinder. Anyone have any ideas?

Tom Jennings wrote......
Yeah, with the wheel off, turn the rotor and bonk the caliper back
and forth with a rubber mallet. If you can adjust the position of
the caliper so that it doesn't drag, it's just sticking on the
caliper brackets.  Remove, file, sand, smooth the surfaces, a
little bit of grease (mostly to keep water out). Maybe the wedge
lock is too tight...
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Wow great information and timely too !!! I am just about to mount those
parts on the car and I've been wondering what to do with them to keep things
functioning correctly. I painted everything with caliper paint (not the
rotor to pad surface). I did paint the wedge, bracket and spring pieces and
wondered if that might be a mistake. Maybe I should clean the paint where
the surfaces ride against each other and use some synthetic grease to keep
things friction free. I chose red paint and I've got some Redline CV-2
synthetic grease that by golly is red in color also.

Armand







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