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Title: front brake calipers
Post by: dragonlord on 11 September 2010, 12:07:49
3L V6 elite
Know then wire clipe things on front brake calipers.

dont know what you call em

How inmporting are they ? ::)

and what do they do

as Im just just car up on axel stands cleaning up brakes /ainting calipers and fitting new pads

last set of pad was done by garage as I couldent do em due to weather at the time and a bad back

Iv just noticed the clowns havent put em back on >:(
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: Jinglemaster2 on 11 September 2010, 12:15:54
Anti rattle.
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: Shackeng on 11 September 2010, 12:42:57
You are not referring to the wear indicator wires are you? :-/
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: feeutfo on 11 September 2010, 12:54:49
There are wire springs on the pads, these stop the pads rattling in the calliper, if missing they fitted the wrong pads.

There are electrical wire sensors on the brakes to detect the low pad wear.

To which do you refer?
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: tidla on 11 September 2010, 12:58:06
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Anti rattle.
 

Recon some other members have got one of these missing as well
 :D :D
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: dragonlord on 11 September 2010, 13:16:18
not wear sensors
sorted them to tight to fit two so I decided to short pasanger side

and just fit a new one on drivers site

so It looks like Im meaning the ainti rattel things
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: dragonlord on 11 September 2010, 13:20:19
somethng has just dawned on me lol no not the springs on back of pad

that not what i ment

IM tinking of the cavaler lol I think that has the wire hook thing that hooks in back of caliper top and botom and clipes around it.

I take the omega dont have em

lost plot moment i think

Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: Shackeng on 11 September 2010, 18:51:39
I don't wish to disparage the OP, but can anyone understand this thread?
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: Kneepad on 11 September 2010, 20:28:19


Is this what you mean.  Pic is of a rear wheel from maintenance section.

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/245/brakeq.jpg)
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: tidla on 11 September 2010, 20:30:59
what a nail..

no it is, look!
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: Andy H on 11 September 2010, 20:32:22
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I don't wish to disparage the OP, but can anyone understand this thread?

The OP logged in to the Omega Owners Forum and asked for help identifying a spring on his brake caliper.

After a series of posts the OP remembered that he drives a Cavalier. ::)
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: lee4206 on 11 September 2010, 21:00:21
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somethng has just dawned on me lol no not the springs on back of pad

that not what i ment

IM tinking of the cavaler lol I think that has the wire hook thing that hooks in back of caliper top and botom and clipes around it.

I take the omega dont have em

lost plot moment i think



No the omega doesn't have them   the anti rattle springs on the omega are the ones on the pads. where as the one fitted to the cav clips into the caliper and holds it against the carrier..
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: Shackeng on 11 September 2010, 22:36:00
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I don't wish to disparage the OP, but can anyone understand this thread?

The OP logged in to the Omega Owners Forum and asked for help identifying a spring on his brake caliper.

After a series of posts the OP remembered that he drives a Cavalier. ::)


Thanks, I think I've got it now. :y
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: tidla on 11 September 2010, 22:46:52
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I don't wish to disparage the OP, but can anyone understand this thread?

The OP logged in to the Omega Owners Forum and asked for help identifying a spring on his brake caliper.

After a series of posts the OP remembered that he drives a Cavalier. ::)

as an old friend once quoted half way up the stairs..

" now, was i going up or was i going down? if i was going up, what was i going up for?"

Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: Shackeng on 11 September 2010, 22:51:05
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I don't wish to disparage the OP, but can anyone understand this thread?

The OP logged in to the Omega Owners Forum and asked for help identifying a spring on his brake caliper.

After a series of posts the OP remembered that he drives a Cavalier. ::)

as an old friend once quoted half way up the stairs..

" now, was i going up or was i going down? if i was going up, what was i going up for?"



'Thread drift':- Stannah have a new stairlift...
It gets you upstairs before you've forgotten why you wanted to get up there.

Boom Boom!
Title: Re: front brake calipers
Post by: dragonlord on 12 September 2010, 04:39:17
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I don't wish to disparage the OP, but can anyone understand this thread?

The OP logged in to the Omega Owners Forum and asked for help identifying a spring on his brake caliper.

After a series of posts the OP remembered that he drives a Cavalier. ::)


Thanks, I think I've got it now. :y

lol no Iv got an omega lol

just had so many  Cavaliers in my time

and was having a brain fuse day