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medicman · **** Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 396 Location: Leeds

Hi guys need some advice on calliper slide bolts.

I replaced the rear pads yesterday as they were grinding when pressing foot brake, turns out the inside pad on n/s

was down to the metal, after a drive to check all was well I discovered the wheel was very hot and smelly so took it off today thinking

the calliper was sticking, removed both slide bolts cleaned up the surface rust and re greased them but when I nipped up the lower

one it locked the wheel solid so I couldn’t turn it by hand and had to slacken it to only hand tight to allow wheel to turn,

top one nipped up ok with spanner, so question is what have I done wrong or missed something simple.

Thanks in advance

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peteinchad · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:38 Post subject:

I only have experience on a MkII and I think yours is a later model.

I was thinking that maybe you have got the slider bolts in the wrong positions. On the MkII the bolt with the rubber bit on the end goes in the lower hole iirc.

Ignore the above if yours is a different set up.

medicman · **** Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 396 Location: Leeds

Thanks for reply mines a mk4 with mk3 rear brakes and it has a small black collar on the end of the lower pin which is in the right hole, heading to Berwick today hope I don’t loose it on way down, there’s a Mitsubishi dealer there I’ll nip in and ask their advise.

Thanks again

medicman · **** Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 396 Location: Leeds

Good news........ all’s well with the calliper, after scouring this forum and our antipodean cousins forum www2.pajeroclub.com.au

I found a post from nick-dudley.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 14:58
had one yesterday mark, too much grease in slider holes, when you clamped slider pins up it was locking the wheel, slider holes were hydraulicking, forcing caliper over and locking brake on.

So took the lower pin back out stuck a small long screw driver in the hole and removed a smaller than expected amount to grease

then tightened up the bolt and no more wheel drag, double checked wheel temp on drive down to Berwick and calliper is luvly and

cold, the brake pedal even feels better as before it always felt like it was pulsing so happy days.

Hope this helps

peteinchad · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 15:49 Post subject:

Glad it's sorted.

icehawk · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:53 Post subject:

I had exactly same problem on my mk2,at first i thought the friction material was to thick as it was clamping the pads on to the disk when tightened a bit of thought worked slider bolts couldn't travel full distance into caliper body as there was to much grease in the sliding bolt hole,cleaned out and all was good.