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[QUOTE]Originally posted by fredfifty: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by 915.0gt: [qb] Removing the cap lets the pressure release when you are composing the caliper back in, o r you can loosen the bleeder nipple. If you try and compress the caliper without allowing the pressure to escape then your brakes are doing their job Its sounds like your caliper pistons are not compressed completely which would cause it to not want to slide over the rotor our make it tight like you are describing. They are supposedto be a little tight but not were you have to manually turn them. Just start at step one again, open cap, compress the caliper, place the pads in the caliper and it should slide onto the rotor. [/qb][/QUOTE]Started over, and it seems easier (but not by much) to slide the caliper and pads onto the rotor (driver side), and now there is more space for the rotor to turn, and it does. Now, this mofo rotor tightens up when i torque down the caliper bolts to 45 ft/lbs...the passenger side is torqued down the same but is way easier to turn...and ive swapped pads to both sides so it shouldnt be the pads... So, with that said, can i still drive the car? (i put gear in neutral and car rolls so that tells me its not seized up) but will driving on a rotor that is hard to turn by hand be a problem to drive? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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