Slider vs. Pin calipers

[ValiantOne]

In a nutshell what makes the slider caliper more desirable than the pin type?

I have a set of pin type and I am wondering if it is worth it to swap for the sliders.

Thanks!

C

[moparrr07]

here is my experience

everyone said that the sliders were better, so i got the sliders for my car, mostly because its has less parts and is simpler and i believe the calipers are more available and cheaper

realistically they work about equal

last fall after i put about 2,000 miles on the new brake i pull them apart to check it over and found hot that there was a small pebble that worked its way into the machined way under the hold down clip- it marred everything up- so i pulled it apart and filed the machined way down nice and flat again-

i haven't had problems since

if i were to do it again i would use a pin type for alittle more smoothness and more containment

[DartKnight]

I've heard that the parts for the pin-type are harder to find. I prefer them to sliders simply because I've owned more cars that had them; I could do a pad change on both sides in about 10 minutes time...

[Jim_Lusk]

Functionally they are about equal. The pin-type parts are more expensive and harder to find. The pin-type also never came on an a-body.

[ValiantOne]

Ahh, ok. So if I have 'em already (pulled 'em off one of my Cordobas) There is no reason not to use 'em.

DartKnight I agree with you there, I used to change those puppies so quick it wasn't funny. The only downer was I broke a couple of pins off in the assembly tryin' to get them off once or twice.


Thanks Guys!

[moparrr07]

as long as you grease them every 10k imles or so, they will be no problem to dissasemble

[DartKnight]

as long as you grease them every 10k imles or so, they will be no problem to dissasemble

Yep, you have to keep them lubed up or they're done. I used to have a box full of them; I picked up a few every time I went to the junkyard, just in case...