caliper

It took a mechanic failing to do up the bolts on a rear brake caliper after qualifying to stop Verstappen winning in Australia two weeks ago.

Red Bull said his retirement was caused by a caliper causing the brake to bind on to the disc.

To do the work, the team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper.

Using a delicate magnetic caliper employed by violin makers to measure in millimeters an instrument’s walls and veneers, the conservators tracked the wood’s thickness at short intervals along the crack.

Horne examines calipers found on an old operating table in the warehouse of the Sedro-Woolley Museum.