 Brake Pad Dragging on Front Rotor, Speader Spring Installed Wrong? |
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| VWTortuga336 |
 Sep 13 2015, 08:24 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 285 Joined: 5-October 14 From: Kansas City, Missouri Member No.: 17,979 Region Association: None  |
Just installed freshly rebuilt calipers with new pads and hardware on my '74. Now the pad closest to the inside of the car seems to be rubbing on the rotor. I was thinking maybe I had the spreader spring installed incorrectly, but I can't even push the pad back any further by hand either.
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| VWTortuga336 |
Sep 14 2015, 01:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 285 Joined: 5-October 14 From: Kansas City, Missouri Member No.: 17,979 Region Association: None |
I tried pushing the piston back into the caliper. It has some movement, but won't stay in. I just springs back to it's original position. I should also add that when I looked into this issue more, I noticed it was all 4 pads (both on each caliper) that are rubbing. None of them really put any significant amount of drag on the rotor, but you can hear it.
Is this normal for newly rebuilt brakes? As I mentioned, these are freshly rebuilt calipers with new pads and hardware. I am also still concerned that I did something wrong with the spreader springs. Something just doesn't look right (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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VWTortuga336 Brake Pad Dragging on Front Rotor Sep 13 2015, 08:24 PM
Cupomeat I doubt it is the spreader spring.
Remove the spri... Sep 13 2015, 09:12 PM bandjoey Isn't there a metal plate that sits on the pis... Sep 13 2015, 10:29 PM bandjoey Picture from PMB. Thank you. Your 914 brake expert... Sep 13 2015, 10:35 PM stugray Push the piston all the way in using a C-Clamp (ma... Sep 14 2015, 07:11 AM Dave_Darling Are those the right spreaders? They don't loo... Sep 14 2015, 08:59 AM stugray I don't believe the "spreaders" actu... Sep 14 2015, 09:05 AM
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I don't believe the "spreaders" act... Sep 14 2015, 09:17 AM r_towle Bleed the brakes again, if the piston won't st... Sep 14 2015, 01:36 PM VWTortuga336
Bleed the brakes again, if the piston won't s... Sep 14 2015, 02:17 PM stugray
[quote name='r_towle' post='2237287' date='Sep 14... Sep 14 2015, 02:32 PM VWTortuga336 I removed the bleed nipples, no change. Pistons ar... Sep 14 2015, 03:57 PM porschetub
Just installed freshly rebuilt calipers with new ... Sep 14 2015, 04:49 PM r_towle Finish the job, then troubleshoot it.
With no flu... Sep 14 2015, 06:28 PM |
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