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Conor_3

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

but what is the point of cleaning the calipers, unless they're cheap parts with small bolts that could sieze or rust? In fact, I've never seen anything but brake dust on my calipers, and that doesn't stop me from seeing if anything is askew. There isn't a spot of rust anywhere on my brakes.

No, but there's several layers of solid built up road dirt which sit in the caliper on the bit inbetween the metal on the pads and the disc which eventually prevents the pads being able to return once you take the brake pedal off.

And if you're saying there's not a spot of rust anywhere on your brakes then you're an outright liar as ALL brake discs get a layer of rust on the outside edge of them where the pads don't come into contact with them.

jeannieblue

Conor - he wouldn't know - he's never had the wheels off............

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Conor wrote: »

No, but there's several layers of solid built up road dirt which sit in the caliper on the bit inbetween the metal on the pads and the disc which eventually prevents the pads being able to return once you take the brake pedal off.

And if you're saying there's not a spot of rust anywhere on your brakes then you're an outright liar as ALL brake discs get a layer of rust on the outside edge of them where the pads don't come into contact with them.

Nice selective quote, perhaps you should quote the bit where I said I run a screwdriver around the edge of the disc.

Road dirt between the caliper and pads? Nonsense, in fact I had my front wheels off today to replace the track rod ends and there wasn't a speck of anything that could stop the pads returning. This is on a car that has 204,000 miles on the clock. Long before your 'dirt' could ever stop the pads returning the pads would have been changed anyway.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

jeannieblue wrote: »

Conor - he wouldn't know - he's never had the wheels off............

Not to check the thickness of the brake pads, no. Perhaps you strip the headlamps down to check the bulbs are still working. Its your time.