You just clean them off and apply some silicone lube like Sil-Glyde.
So, no removal of the calipers off the slider pins? Or, yes removal, prior to cleaning/lubing?
You just clean them off and apply some silicone lube like Sil-Glyde.
On my Turbo car with the larger front brakes, the bolts for the calipers are the slider pins. Discovered that when I did my pad swap. I'm not sure if that's also true of the single piston caliper. But in any case, you need to take them apart.So, no removal of the calipers off the slider pins? Or, yes removal, prior to cleaning/lubing?
On my Turbo car with the larger front brakes, the bolts for the calipers are the slider pins. Discovered that when I did my pad swap. I'm not sure if that's also true of the single piston caliper. But in any case, you need to take them apart.
So this may be the case for the standard brakes. But because the slider pins are the bolts holding the 2-piston CX-9/5 brake calipers on, there's no avoiding getting them loose. But I haven't tried removing them without removing the bracket.While the tires are off for a rotation, you can remove one caliper pin at a time, for clean and lube, leaving the caliper in place. No need to get under the car. You can just sit in front of the brake and reach everything. Torque specs are low in the 20-ish ft lb range so not a big strain.
While the tires are off for a rotation, you can remove one caliper pin at a time, for clean and lube, leaving the caliper in place. No need to get under the car.
Clean/lube of caliper pins is standard procedure for brake jobs, any decent shop/mechanic knows this. Clean/lube of caliper pins during tire rotation is not standard procedure, but something you would need to ask and pay for.So I can have the shop do this "pin removal one at a time" thing, when the brake job's done. If that applies to the 2016.5, great.
I suspect my current shop has simply been blowing-off the slider pin clean/lube, but I'll make it clear to my next shop what I specifically require to get done. They seem aware of the need, and open to it. All the better, if it's a painfully simple thing to accomplish.
What a colossal rip off. These yearly brake servicing jobs are right up there with the $200 cabin filter.The dealer wanted over $400 to grease the caliper pins on a 12 month old Mazda! It took me 10 minutes at best to do.