Originally Posted by
dabac
I’ve never had much luck with the self-alignment method. For me it has worked better to loosen the screws so that it’s just possible to nudge the caliper around by tapping at it with a screwdriver handle or comparable amount of force. Using that, I set the gaps by sight before tightening the screws again, little by little.
Yes, this is the only approach that works for me. I have to visually verify that there's light coming through on both sides of the rotors.