Types of Brake Calipers

Types of Brake Calipers A brake caliper is one of your vehicles’ or motor bike’s most critical components. Without a working brake caliper, your vehicle simply isn't safe enough to use until it's been replaced or fixed. Brake calipers: how do they really work? Your car wheels are attached to circular metal discs and these spin along with the wheels. < The brake caliper is installed over the rotating rotor disc and works much like a clamp – depress on the brake pedal or pull the hand brake and the disc pads that are in the caliper are pushed out by pistons to make contact with the spinning rotor disc. The friction generated by the action of the disc pads on the rotor disc is what slows the automobiles. There are various types of disc caliper: Floating Brake Caliper Floating brake calipers have piston(s) on only one side of the rotor disc but contains disc pads that make contact with both sides. The caliper slides back and forth on pins or bushings, acting as a clamp.