How A Brake Caliper Works

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