Are front and rear caliper bracket bolts the same?

Associate Member. Rear caliper uses two different bolts (!), one for the lower [9], another for the upper [8]; the front doesn’t use either of them. Not sure if there are the ones you’re looking for.

What is the bolt on the back of the caliper called?

caliper bracket bolts
Remove them and your calipers fall off. Plain and simple. They’re often called “caliper bracket bolts” because they attach to the part of your caliper called the bracket, and hold it tight to the spindle or steering knuckle.

What holds the caliper bracket in place?

Abutment clips
Abutment clips reside on the caliper bracket lands on most vehicles. They create a uniform surface for the pads to make contact with. Some abutment clips include fingers that hold the pad in place.

What size is the caliper mounting bolt?

The thread size, pitch, and length for the Caliper bracket bolts (2) are 14MM x 1.75 x 45mm. The thread size, pitch, and length for the bearing assembly bolts (3) are 14MM x 1.50 x 45mm.

Should you use anti seize on brake caliper bolts?

If you use it on caliper slides they will seize up and become frozen in place. If you use it to lubricate the pads they will also become stuck and not move properly.

Can you reuse brake caliper mounting bolts?

GM say to replace any bolt that was been loctited, however the small caliper bolts can be cleaned up and reused with a new drop of blue loctite without dramas. But the larger caliper to knuckle bolts MUST never be reused as they are torque to yield. TTY bolts are fastened to a higher torque than non TTY bolts.

How tight should caliper bracket bolts be?

Snug is fine. Caliper bolts are loaded in SHEAR, which means a force they experience is trying to cut them off as if they were being decapitated. The tightness of the bolt IS important, but not as important as the strength of the bolt to resist the shear forces.

What does a caliper mount do?

A brake caliper bracket mounts to the steering knuckle and acts as both a stopping surface for the brake pads as well as a caliper mounting device. A brake abutment, on the other hand is built into the steering knuckle itself. The brake caliper also mounts to the steering knuckle.

What does the caliper mount to?

The caliper is attached to the steering knuckle via mounting bolts and the caliper sits over part of the brake disc or rotor.

Can you reuse caliper bracket?

Are caliper bolts universal?

Step 5: Use the recommended torque pressure to tighten the brake caliper bolts. Since all brake calipers are unique to each manufacturer, and often made from different materials, there is no universal torque pressure setting for brake calipers.

What is a brake caliper bracket?