Front Brake Caliper wont fit!!!

[MrWinkey]

OK... .



So I get the whole kingpin kit installed... new bearings all around... . I even put in new upper kingpins and new rotors but the !@#%$ calipers wont fit so that pin can be driven back in. It's really really annoying.



Anybody have any ideas?



It's a 92 W250... . 4x4

 

[MMiller]

What won't fit? I always put the bottom of the caliper in first then it takes a little persuastion to get the top in, then I push the top all the way forward, and take a large screw driver, or small prybar and lift the caliper all the way up and forward, then you can get the little slide and spring in.



Did you clean all the rust and dirt off the areas where the caliper slides side to side? Did you put caliper grease on the areas where it moves and the little slide you drive in and out? This will help greatly combat the caliper sticking causting brake steer. Whenever my truck sees lots of mud or deep water, the calipers come off for cleaning and lube.



Michael

 

[MrWinkey]

Well I'm not sure why the old calipers did not fit. I read a bunch of posts on here w/ the search feature and decided on a new set of them from calipers from NAPA. They fit w/o problems. Yep I cleaned up the mounting surfaces and put lube in there and everything so hopefully these new rotors and calipers will last a long time. I've not touched the brakes on this truck in over 100k so hopefully I will have as much luck this time.



Only thing I can think of is the pins and spring were bent from use or something odd.