Removing a Brake Caliper Bridge

Removing a Brake Caliper Bridge
Hi! My name is Nate McCullough on behalf of expertvillage.com. In this clip we are going to talk about removing the vehicle's caliper bridge. This component here, this cast iron piece, is your caliper bridge. We are going to go ahead and slide the pads out of our way just to avoid dropping them and potentially damaging the friction material. We are also going to take the anti rattle clips off and set those aside for later re-installation. What we have here is the bare caliper bridge. They have two bolts that hold them on. The size and location is going to vary from vehicle to vehicle. However, is pretty much the industry standard. These happen to be 14 millimeters. I'll use my small ratchet here for close clearance and give them a pop. Depending on how long it has been since these were serviced, they may be extremely ceased. It is a good idea to break both bolts loose. Before you remove one of them, if this bolt happens to be ceased inside here, inside the bridge and I pulled this bolt and went to impact. If this is going to rock this bridge up and possibly strike my arm, giving me a boo-boo. The less knuckle busting in this business the better. As you can see, I apply a little bit of resistance on the dead stroke of the ratchet with my thumb just to make sure I get all of the affect out of it that I can. Going to set your bolt in the location with all your other bolts. If you have a magnetic tray it's a good idea to use that. If not, put them in your pocket or somewhere where they won't get lost. Having extra bolts is bad; having not enough is just as bad. Okay. Remove the last bolt and you are ready to pull the caliper bridge. If you have the caliper bridge off, you can go ahead and remove the rotor as well. There you go.