Re: AAJ Disc Brake Sticks - 20 Sec Video

[Eric R <hoodoovoodooray@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rotors 76 Dart.  Calipers/Pads 76 Monte Carlo.  M/C 76 Dart Disc/Drum

On Feb 17, 8:07 pm, Eric Sturgis <ericstur...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What pads did you get, What calipers did you get?
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> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Eric R <hoodoovoodoo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If either of the two long caliper bolts are  threaded enough that they
> > would start to tighten then the disc won't spin very freely.  As I
> > tighten the caliper bolt the calilper moves up about 3/8" of an inch,
> > then the brakes start sticking.  I guess the caliper is just coming
> > into alignment as it's being tightened, so maybe that's not the issue?
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> > At that point the bolts really aren't more then slighty finger tight.
> > I tried other bolts thinking maybe they were warped but that wasn't
> > it.  The holes in the pads for the bolts to pass through appear to
> > have enough free play. Wheel bearings are not overtightened.  I
> > swapped out a caliper with another one and it is still the same.
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> > Could the pads just be slighty large?  Grind the outer pad down a tiny
> > bit?
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> > Both brake sides do it, although one side is quite a bit tighter then
> > the other.
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> > Here's a 20 sec video of me spinning the disc then just turning the
> > bolt until finger tight to show the increase in resistance.  At the
> > end I try to demonstrate the caliper moving up as I turn the bolt...
> > but maybe that's normal as the caliper is coming into alignment?
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> >https://picasaweb.google.com/104998594489637903139/DiscBrakeSticking#...
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