RoadWarrior222
12-18-2011, 09:40 PM
Hi folks,
Anyone know anything about typical front brake caliper rebuilds and reman process?
Here's the tale, my Ford Escort, ever since I did a full brake job, has had this intermittent, judder/rattle/knock thingy from the front on light brake pressure. Sometimes it would go away for a few days, then it would be back again, sometimes it seems like every time you apply the brakes on a particular drive, other times it was just once or twice. Forking annoying... yes I checked everything over and over and over. You'd think maybe you fixed it when it didn't happen all week...
Anyway, I have finally come to suspect that it might be wear ridges in the caliper bushing sleeves. I put "re-man" calipers on it when I replaced them. I couldn't actually find "new" calipers in the locality so had to get what I was assured were good quality remans.
So now I'm thinking they aren't.
So the bushing sleeves, what kind of tolerances are typical on those, and can I hone them out? I don't see rebuild kits where you get like 020 over bushings or something, so what do you do to these if they are worn???
thanks for any tips,
RW222
Anyone know anything about typical front brake caliper rebuilds and reman process?
Here's the tale, my Ford Escort, ever since I did a full brake job, has had this intermittent, judder/rattle/knock thingy from the front on light brake pressure. Sometimes it would go away for a few days, then it would be back again, sometimes it seems like every time you apply the brakes on a particular drive, other times it was just once or twice. Forking annoying... yes I checked everything over and over and over. You'd think maybe you fixed it when it didn't happen all week...
Anyway, I have finally come to suspect that it might be wear ridges in the caliper bushing sleeves. I put "re-man" calipers on it when I replaced them. I couldn't actually find "new" calipers in the locality so had to get what I was assured were good quality remans.
So now I'm thinking they aren't.
So the bushing sleeves, what kind of tolerances are typical on those, and can I hone them out? I don't see rebuild kits where you get like 020 over bushings or something, so what do you do to these if they are worn???
thanks for any tips,
RW222