Brake Line and Caliper questions

[tmontague]

$1200 is ridiculous for aftermarket calipers and hoses to be installed.

Did you push the caliper cylinder all the way back in to the caliper using a tool or c clamp? If not then the pads are likely rubbing due to this.

Other possibility is hose is being pinched off somewhere are a metal bracket that holds it due to rust build up.

I would bet you didnt open your caliper up all the way, hence why you had a heck of a time putting the pads and caliper back on. There should be more than enough room with new pads and rotors if that cylinder is pushed back all the way.

Don't keep driving it like this, you will overheat your rotors and pads really quite and they won't fix themselves until your pads where down enough

[vaironl]

Originally Posted by tmontague

$1200 is ridiculous for aftermarket calipers and hoses to be installed.

Did you push the caliper cylinder all the way back in to the caliper using a tool or c clamp? If not then the pads are likely rubbing due to this.

Other possibility is hose is being pinched off somewhere are a metal bracket that holds it due to rust build up.

I would bet you didnt open your caliper up all the way, hence why you had a heck of a time putting the pads and caliper back on. There should be more than enough room with new pads and rotors if that cylinder is pushed back all the way.

Don't keep driving it like this, you will overheat your rotors and pads really quite and they won't fix themselves until your pads where down enough

Thanks for the advice! I believe I may have not elaborated or stated things wrong. I had issues putting the brake pads on because they just wouldn’t go into the main bracket but after my friend figured out I had the hardware orientation wrong they went in more smoothly. I did have a lot of rust on the main bracket but did clean it up, though probably not properly.

I was advice to go for a drive and see if the rims where hot which would indicate some rubbing but they weren’t even after using my breaks a lot during the drive. Not sure what to check next but once my friend has the time to help me we’re going to check them again.