[V8] More rear brakes...

[Kneale Brownson]

Hopefully you bled the brakes as part of the caliper installation.  Any
time you change pads, you need to apply the brakes several times carefully
to take up the gap you detected.   I work on a ramp-type hoist, so I always
pump the brake pedal several times while the engine idles, and then hold
the pedal down gently when I start moving the car off the hoist.  


At 08:32 PM 5/4/2005 -0700, Gunter Lorberg wrote:
>I also have a question about rear brakes....it just so happens that I'm 
>changing the pads.
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>I am starting off with calipers that have had their pistons returned inwards 
>to their 'starting' position (a good used replacement set....I think that 
>the original calipers were not moving as freely as one would expect)  When I 
>reassembled the brakes using the new pads, there was still some degree of 
>'free play'.  I have not yet touched the brake pedal.
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>My question is:  Will the rear calipers/pistons immediately accomodate by 
>moving inwards (let's say at least an eigth of an inch) to the new brake pad 
>thickness when I finally stand on the brakes OR do I need to manually 
>readjust the pistons outwards (if that's even possible) until there is 
>virtually no 'play' there?
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>Thanks...(I really appreciate the help I have received 
>online.........couldn't own two of these unique vehicles without your help)
> 
>Gunter Lorberg
>(2) 1990 Canadian V8s
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