ueww40
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Yesterday I did some maintenance on the brakes of my 2004 Tahoe and while working on the rear disk brakes I made a confusing discovery. When I removed the caliper bracket on the passenger side and pulled out the slider bolts to clean and grease them, I noticed that they were both identical (2 straight bolts). When I did the same on the drivers side I noticed that one slider bolt was identical to the 2 bolts on the other side (straight) but the other bolt had a cut out at the end with a rubber bushing on it. Not expecting this I paid no attention to it and now I have a few questions. What is correct? Should they all be the same (straight bolts) like on the passenger side or should they all be like I found it to be on the drivers side (1 straight bolt and 1 bolt with a rubber bushing on it) or should all 4 bolts have the rubber bushing on the end. Should the passenger side be different from the driver side and if so what should it be? And if one bolt is without the bushing and one has the bushing where does the bolt with the rubber bushing go, passenger side or driver side, top or bottom of bracket? The best solution would be if somebody out there knows a link to the official GM parts list diagram for the brake system, which clearly shows all the parts and where they go. I hope there is a brake expert out there who can shed some light on this, because I don't find any reference to this anywhere. The slider bolts on the front brakes were all the same. However some parts suppliers show the bolts with rubber bushings and some without. What is correct? -- Help, thanks.