Phil73
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For a long time not my TR6 has had 2 issues that I recently found to be related. One was a problem where under heavy braking the car would pull noticeably to the right. The second is a clatter on rough roads somewhere up in the front-end. About a month ago I discovered that the outboard brake pad on the left (driver's) side of the car was pretty much just clattering around in the caliper. I pushed both pistons all the way back into the caliper and pumped the brakes to find that both pistons move but the outboard piston simply didn't come out far enough to put the pad in strong contact with the rotor.
It had been over 15 years since I rebuilt the calipers so I decided now was as good of a time as any. I pulled both calipers, disassembled them, cleaned them, painted them and reassembled with new seals and brand new pistons all around. Bled the system and took the car for a spin yesterday.
No difference what so ever. If anything the pulling to the right is worse, the pad is still loose in the caliper and now the brake pedal is kind of soft.
The flexible rubber lines are new last spring and now both calipers are freshly rebuilt. Not sure what to try next.
Ideas?
It had been over 15 years since I rebuilt the calipers so I decided now was as good of a time as any. I pulled both calipers, disassembled them, cleaned them, painted them and reassembled with new seals and brand new pistons all around. Bled the system and took the car for a spin yesterday.
No difference what so ever. If anything the pulling to the right is worse, the pad is still loose in the caliper and now the brake pedal is kind of soft.
The flexible rubber lines are new last spring and now both calipers are freshly rebuilt. Not sure what to try next.
Ideas?