rear caliper discrepancies
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rear caliper discrepancies
i'm about to rebuild my second set of rear calipers, and here's my only gripe...
why in the heck does the latch for the e-brake not correspond to the correct caliper. the latch for the e-brake has an 'r' stamped on it, and the shaft that it's connected to has 'l' on it, and this will be on the right caliper. and vise-versa. there is no mention of this in the fsm, but i have seen it this way on the last two sets i have pulled fron cars, although i have not checked the ones currently on my car...
why in the heck does the latch for the e-brake not correspond to the correct caliper. the latch for the e-brake has an 'r' stamped on it, and the shaft that it's connected to has 'l' on it, and this will be on the right caliper. and vise-versa. there is no mention of this in the fsm, but i have seen it this way on the last two sets i have pulled fron cars, although i have not checked the ones currently on my car...
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Originally Posted by Needa13b
where exactly are the letters, I can check the pair that I have sitting around.
So, say I look at a left caliper. It has an L stamped on the caliper itself, and on the e-brake arm. BUT AN "R" STAMPED ON THE SHAFT OF THR E-BRAKE, WHY? And it's the same thing on the right caliper. I really think something is screwy here. And when it's apart, and I'm rebuilding it; I can visualise in my head it working better if I swaped the shafts of the e-brake. But the e-brake shaft and lever/arm were stuck together well enough to need to press them apart. I would have switched them, but that's the way they were on another set as well...
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Anybody? I am gonna be doing the next ones soon, and I want to have this settled. I usually solve these kind of things w/the fsm, but it's not in there. I'll check again...later
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Originally Posted by IM [H]ard
There is a letter on the rear of the caliper itself, depicting that is a right or left unit. Then on the e-brake assembly there is two more stamped letters. One on the arm of the e-brake shaft, and one on the top of the shaft, before the threads. The one on the arm always corresponds to the caliper. Like, if it's the left caliper, it has a L stamped on the arm. Now, the shaft that the e-brake lever is attached to will read the opposite of the other two.
So, say I look at a left caliper. It has an L stamped on the caliper itself, and on the e-brake arm. BUT AN "R" STAMPED ON THE SHAFT OF THR E-BRAKE, WHY? And it's the same thing on the right caliper. I really think something is screwy here. And when it's apart, and I'm rebuilding it; I can visualise in my head it working better if I swaped the shafts of the e-brake. But the e-brake shaft and lever/arm were stuck together well enough to need to press them apart. I would have switched them, but that's the way they were on another set as well...
So, say I look at a left caliper. It has an L stamped on the caliper itself, and on the e-brake arm. BUT AN "R" STAMPED ON THE SHAFT OF THR E-BRAKE, WHY? And it's the same thing on the right caliper. I really think something is screwy here. And when it's apart, and I'm rebuilding it; I can visualise in my head it working better if I swaped the shafts of the e-brake. But the e-brake shaft and lever/arm were stuck together well enough to need to press them apart. I would have switched them, but that's the way they were on another set as well...
So, in short yes they are supposed to be like that. I don't know why...
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