The situation :
99 Mustang GT - all stock, installed Motorcraft pads on front wheels. All components clean, no leaks seen at the caliper pistons or boots , slider pins greased with very expensive caliper grease, caliper bolts torqued to specifications.
Yet, the driver's side caliper still wants to stick. Entire wheel was smoking hot. I could cook a slab of bacon on this brake disc after a short drive ! I used a genuine disc pad spreader tool to compress the piston. Is there something I'm missing ? Are these caliper pistons sensitive to being compressed manually ? I have the FSM (factory service manual), but there's no clue in there. Thanks in advance for any help.
99 Mustang GT - all stock, installed Motorcraft pads on front wheels. All components clean, no leaks seen at the caliper pistons or boots , slider pins greased with very expensive caliper grease, caliper bolts torqued to specifications.
Yet, the driver's side caliper still wants to stick. Entire wheel was smoking hot. I could cook a slab of bacon on this brake disc after a short drive ! I used a genuine disc pad spreader tool to compress the piston. Is there something I'm missing ? Are these caliper pistons sensitive to being compressed manually ? I have the FSM (factory service manual), but there's no clue in there. Thanks in advance for any help.