How to Reinstall the Caliper in a Car

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Hi, my name is Nate McCullough on behalf of Expert Village. In the following clips we're going to talk about the proper way to repack, grease and adjust your vehicles wheel barriers. In this clip we're going to talk about the proper way to reinstall the vehicle's break pads and the caliper. On this particular vehicle, now this will very widely depending upon your particular make and model. The in board break pad is a self floater. We're going to take and install it in the back of the caliper bridge and give her a squeeze just like so. We'll take our break caliper and slip it into position. You want to pay particular attention that you do not twist this break hose. If you twist it, what that'll do is restrict the little tiny tube that the fluid goes through and it may cause your wheel to lock up. You want to make sure, cause if you look at it you can see there's stripes. You want to make sure the stripes go all the way up in a straight line. Once you've assured that the caliper hose is not twisted you can go ahead and re seat it. Depending on your particular make and model and your vehicle, the retaining hardware may consist of nuts and bolts. It may consist of what we have here, some caliper slides. These are our caliper slides right here. They do not come lubricated from the factory. I don't suggest lubricating these at all being that the static tension of them is what holds them in. You don't want them to slip too much. It's a good idea to take and align both of them before you drive any of them in. On your particular vehicle you may not have this style of mounting hardware. You may have nuts and bolts. If that is the case, you're going to start your bolt, start the other one and then proceed with your tightening sequence. There you go. That is the proper way to install your vehicle's breaking caliper and the pads.

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