Cadillac CTS Brake Calipers

When you press the brake pedal in your Cadillac CTS, the hydraulic liquid gets moved through the system. Having been amplified, the pressure of the liquid reaches the wheels. Brake calipers are the devices that use this pressure to generate the force that employs friction for converting the vehicle’s kinetic energy into heat. Sure enough, calipers are important and their technical condition has to be impeccable. Yet, while dealing with significant thermal and mechanical loads and being almost unprotected from dust, water, and debris, they are never far from losing their fine shape.

When something happens to a brake caliper, the repair has to be immediate. That's not because you’re losing a portion of braking effort - you never really use the whole of it, but because what you’ve been left with will provide uneven distribution of stopping power. Your left (right) wheels will brake more intensively than those on the opposite side, and you will need to work pretty hard while trying to merely keep your trajectory of motion. It’s just dangerous. And so is driving a car with inferior, cheaply made calipers failing to deliver the performance you expect. To make sure you don’t get these, shop in our Cadillac CTS brake calipers & components store.