Bolted to the steering knuckle, a brake caliper has two basic jobs: housing friction material ... caliper slide pins or shims. Bad caliper hardware will also cause brake pads to wear unevenly ...

This can be opened up to remove the brake pads ... use a small rubber mallet to remove the caliper pins located on the side of the caliper housing facing the wheel well. Once those are out ...

The brake caliper is a housing for the brake pads and is responsible for transforming hydraulic pressure into mechanical force. When the driver pushes the brake pedal, the hydraulic pressure from the ...

See All 24 Photos 4.This is the end of the emergency brake cable and the slot where it attaches to the caliper assembly. See All 24 Photos 5.Removing the caliper pins will allow for better access ...

The new pin-drive caliper benefits from the same advantages the familiar pad-guided caliper does. Since this is a PBR brake, the engineering behind it is from one of the world's largest brake ...

Q I read with great interest your segment on the Honda Accord 30,000-mile rear-brake failure ... of anecdotal information related to the caliper pins rusting. The calipers are supposed to slide ...

One likely cause for the noise, reports GM, is a worn lower brake caliper pin bushing. To make a proper diagnosis, take the vehicle on a road test to see if you can get the rattling noise to reappear.