Need help putting front caliper back onto the disk.
08-07-2005, 07:45 PM
#1
Need help putting front caliper back onto the disk. I've been working on this for 2 hours, and its getting dark!!!!
I need your advice on how to get the front caliper back onto the rotor. I took the caliper off to change the brake pads. I also took off the caliper mounting bracket to change the rotor. So I have my new rotor and pads on the car, and I for the life of me can't get the caliper back on. It almost seems as if its warped. I have both of the cylinders pushed in, using a c-clamp and an old brake pad.
So what's the secret? Really big hammer and hit it against the caliper? Beat it to my will?
I need your advice on how to get the front caliper back onto the rotor. I took the caliper off to change the brake pads. I also took off the caliper mounting bracket to change the rotor. So I have my new rotor and pads on the car, and I for the life of me can't get the caliper back on. It almost seems as if its warped. I have both of the cylinders pushed in, using a c-clamp and an old brake pad.
So what's the secret? Really big hammer and hit it against the caliper? Beat it to my will?
08-07-2005, 09:15 PM
#4
Figured it out, I got the wrong rotor. Wrong part # on it. I went to the dealership to get the part #, then I ordered it from gmpartsdirect.com
GM parts direct might have shipped me the wrong part. The part # on the old rotor was 18021014. The part # on the new rotor is 18041873. The part # on my invoice from gmparts direct is 18060640.
I think GM parts direct screwed up and shipped me the wrong parts. Or I screwed up and gave them the wrong part #, and they didn't give me the part that I specified. Either way, I'm out of $150
Are the guide pins the metal part at the top and bottom of the pad mounting bracket???
GM parts direct might have shipped me the wrong part. The part # on the old rotor was 18021014. The part # on the new rotor is 18041873. The part # on my invoice from gmparts direct is 18060640.
I think GM parts direct screwed up and shipped me the wrong parts. Or I screwed up and gave them the wrong part #, and they didn't give me the part that I specified. Either way, I'm out of $150
Are the guide pins the metal part at the top and bottom of the pad mounting bracket???
08-07-2005, 11:00 PM
#5
Originally Posted by AronZ28
Are the guide pins the metal part at the top and bottom of the pad mounting bracket???
08-08-2005, 01:21 PM
#6
The numbers cast into parts on your car don't necessarily match the GM part #. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they are a casting # given by the supplier of the part that makes it for GM.
Just saying, unless you know the # on your disc is supposed to match the GM part #, it might have been the right part!
Just saying, unless you know the # on your disc is supposed to match the GM part #, it might have been the right part!
