How do you check brake calipers
Need to know how to check brake calipers. Lost a rotor last night to a new set of semi metalic pads. Pads were installed on Sunday and the rotor and the exterior pad on the left side of the car are destroyed with less than 2 hours of driving. My thoughts are caliper piston could be sticking or that the caliper is not sliding on the pins. How do you check both of these for proper operation?
Nope, that wasn't your problem
even though you're supposed to put them in dry and clean a number of people here have greased them in the past without the problem that you had
Even with a sticking caliper i haven't seen one kill the pad in only a couple of hours, it usually takes weeks and is pretty obvious by the pull on the steering wheel
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Originally Posted by
Kibokojoe
I think I may have found my problem. I normally hi-temp grease the caliper pins but looking on this forum I have discovered they should be installed dry, or at least using a specialized coating. I bet the grease has caused the pads to bind up. I will pull the brakes tonight and do a through cleaning. New rotors and pads with a clean caliper should do the trick. I will look into the pin lube though