Floating Caliper Diagram. Floating and fixed calipers are the two categories of brake calipers and by extension they determine the categories of the disc brake itself. Floating caliper diagram whats new caliper.
Front axle left in front of axle. And since the caliper can slide the other brake pad contacts the rotor too. Refer to the diagram included with the system for proper bracket orientation.
A piston on the inner side of the disc pushes that brake pad as if to move the disc but because the disc cant slide the force pulls the sliding caliper with another brake pad unto.
Inside the block of a fixed brake caliper two to four pairs of pistons compress the brake pads which slide on pins from both sides. Api r2 the area of the pistions are 314 x r 1 x 1 314. Fixed brake calipers have both side pistons of the disc. Brake caliper 1 piston fist type caliper floating caliper.