Re: Brake Grabbing

[Les Myer <lmyer@probe.net>]

>>The whole caliper slides from side to side in its mounting.  This is
>>necessary for the caliper to center itself on the rotor as the brakes are
>>applied and also as the pads wear.  If the caliper can't slide from side to
>>side, the pad opposing the piston will still be rubbing against the rotor
>>after the brakes are released, and this pad will wear out at a much greater
>>rate than the pad the piston is pushing on.   
>
>Tomorrow I'll have to go out and see if I can see what you mean on this
>one.  

In the case of Sprites/Midgets, the caliper has to move back and forth on
the mounting bolts themselves.  (If this weren't true you would have to
have two pistons, one for each brake pad)

Les