I’m replacing my rear brake pads because one of my lower slide pins wasn’t moving freely enough, resulting in excessive outer pad wear. I bought new pins but the ones with the bushing still do not want to slide very well.
I should mention that I cleaned the inside of the hole very thoroughly with a .357 bore brush and brakleen. I started with a healthy serving of Silaramic on the pin but I’ve since removed almost all of it from both the pin and the hole, and it still doesn’t want to slide. It seems the bushing is just too fat for the hole.
Anyone know if I’d run into problems if I used four upper pins (all pins with no bushing)?
I should mention that I cleaned the inside of the hole very thoroughly with a .357 bore brush and brakleen. I started with a healthy serving of Silaramic on the pin but I’ve since removed almost all of it from both the pin and the hole, and it still doesn’t want to slide. It seems the bushing is just too fat for the hole.
Anyone know if I’d run into problems if I used four upper pins (all pins with no bushing)?