Just rebuilt and painted my calipers all around with new seals and guide bushes. The guide bolts were in good condition needing only a light rubdown with wet and dry paper.
The old guide bushes visually looked OK and the caliper slid easily back and forth. The new ones, though, are very tight indeed - requiring extremely firm pressure to install the bolts - so stiff in fact that when moving the carrier onto one of the calipers that it pushed a bush out of the caliper body rather than sliding on the bolt.
I know that you are not supposed to lube the guide bolts, but is this level of stiffness normal?
The old guide bushes visually looked OK and the caliper slid easily back and forth. The new ones, though, are very tight indeed - requiring extremely firm pressure to install the bolts - so stiff in fact that when moving the carrier onto one of the calipers that it pushed a bush out of the caliper body rather than sliding on the bolt.
I know that you are not supposed to lube the guide bolts, but is this level of stiffness normal?