I recently purchased a high mileage 2000 Mustang GT.
As mentioned in another thread, I tore right into this thing to start bringing the scheduled maintainence.
The front brakes are covered in brake dust, while the backs are clean as a whistle.. I lost control of the car the other day, and was lucky I didn't trash it. But I noted that it seemed to "tow dead" to the passenger side and was hard to pull back to center.. So I took the wheel off, the rotor has a nice lip, and the caliper had a solid grip on the rotor despite no brake being applied.. ( I couldn't move the rotor AT ALL )
Sooo.. I bought a new caliper from the Zone. .( I know, but it's the only place I could get on right then.. ) I noted that the area that makes contact with the pads was very different than the ones I took off. The brake fluid is also blueish in color, yet it's DOT 3.
I change it out, bleed it for what seems like forever, and refill the brake fluid for the third time to make sure it's full.
My questions are...
* How hard should that thing be gripping the rotor with no brake applied?
I could force it to turn using a screw driver, and when I put the wheel back on, it had a considerable amount of drag from the brakes but I could turn it by hand..
* When I took off the OE caliper, I had damaged the surface of the pads that push against the brake pads. There were some pins that set into holes. I ripped them apart getting them off. The new ones are very different and have "open" holes for the surface. Is this okay?
* Is there something else that could cause a caliper to bite to tightly? ABS controller? Anything?
Thanks,
J
As mentioned in another thread, I tore right into this thing to start bringing the scheduled maintainence.
The front brakes are covered in brake dust, while the backs are clean as a whistle.. I lost control of the car the other day, and was lucky I didn't trash it. But I noted that it seemed to "tow dead" to the passenger side and was hard to pull back to center.. So I took the wheel off, the rotor has a nice lip, and the caliper had a solid grip on the rotor despite no brake being applied.. ( I couldn't move the rotor AT ALL )
Sooo.. I bought a new caliper from the Zone. .( I know, but it's the only place I could get on right then.. ) I noted that the area that makes contact with the pads was very different than the ones I took off. The brake fluid is also blueish in color, yet it's DOT 3.
I change it out, bleed it for what seems like forever, and refill the brake fluid for the third time to make sure it's full.
My questions are...
* How hard should that thing be gripping the rotor with no brake applied?
I could force it to turn using a screw driver, and when I put the wheel back on, it had a considerable amount of drag from the brakes but I could turn it by hand..
* When I took off the OE caliper, I had damaged the surface of the pads that push against the brake pads. There were some pins that set into holes. I ripped them apart getting them off. The new ones are very different and have "open" holes for the surface. Is this okay?
* Is there something else that could cause a caliper to bite to tightly? ABS controller? Anything?
Thanks,
J
