"RkFast" <rkfast@nospam.com> wrote in news:b1Mte.2436$Q05.605@fe08.lga:

> 95 Teg LS....
>
> Did a complete brake job, including two new rear calipers (old ones
> were binding up pretty good). About a month after I finished the job,
> I'm hearing a pretty loud knocking from the rear when going slow over
> bumps. Noise goes away when I depress brake pedal or pull on e-brake
> handle a few clicks. So I dive underneath and start pulling on things
> to see what's loose. Get to the calipers and when I pulled on them by
> the brake hose boss and giggle, they deflect a good 1/8 -1/4 of an
> inch back and forth!
>
> That's not right, is it? No car I've ever worked on had their calipers
> move at all, even when retracted. I'm thinking the rebuilder did a
> lousy job and used wrong hardware...surprising ,but I guess possible.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>


Do you mean "back and forth" as in to the front of the car and rearwards,
or to the left and right of the car?

Are you certain the pads are *completely free* on their mount bracket? That
the pistons are moving out properly on both sides?

When you remove the caliper, both pads ought to almost literally fall off
the mount bracket.

Once piston adjustment has been completed, it should be impossible to move
the caliper at all by hand without a hefty push.


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