I searched but did not see anything adressing my question in particular here so sorry if this is a repeat post/question. I have an 03 and was replacing rear brake pads/rotors and went to clean/grease caliper pins and noticed the one is metal and the other has a small rubber boot on that had failed/seized up and i replaced all pins/boots at the time with OEM parts but i see many posts about this caliper pin with the rubber boot seizing up. It seems like there should just be two of the all metal caliper pins.
I wven had the dealer print the parts spec page and the all metal pin is labeled as the "main" pin and the one with the rubber boot is the "sub," seemingly implying that it's bearing less of the load here?? Either way the rubber boot seems to get in the way of smoother movement woth the caliper in general and since it wears over time I'm considering just putting in teo of the all metal pins and just not doing the pin with rubber boot at all.
Can anyone tell me purpose for the pin with the runner boot or why i shouldn't just replace it with the all metal caliper pin like the other one is anyways?
Thanks!
I wven had the dealer print the parts spec page and the all metal pin is labeled as the "main" pin and the one with the rubber boot is the "sub," seemingly implying that it's bearing less of the load here?? Either way the rubber boot seems to get in the way of smoother movement woth the caliper in general and since it wears over time I'm considering just putting in teo of the all metal pins and just not doing the pin with rubber boot at all.
Can anyone tell me purpose for the pin with the runner boot or why i shouldn't just replace it with the all metal caliper pin like the other one is anyways?
Thanks!