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Your exactly right. On a full floating caliper, the piston pushing on the rotor pulls the static pad in place. With FULL floating rotors it will actually push the rotor aside a little until the static pad comes in contact with the rotor. This is what prematurely loosens the rotor buttons. The...

The term "floating" can understandable confuse. Single and sometimes 2 piston calipers are usually slider/floating mounted and use a rigid rotor (all the float needed is via the caliper). Those with 4 or more, are usually solid/rigid mounted. They rely on the individual >slight< float of the...

If the threads are good, reuse them. If the threads were bad, most likely the caliper threads would be bad as well. I don't know for sure why they say to not reuse them but I have an opinion. I've always resused them. They are NOT "stretch or torque to yield" bolts which must not be reused. Use...

Of special note! A floating caliper should not be used with a floating rotor. You should use a solid mounted multiple piston caliper with a floating rotor or a floating caliper with a solid mounted rotor. Look at modern bikes.

I'm a little late posting my opinion but here it is. A single rotor/caliper system will generate more heat on it's single rotor than 2 caliper/rotors experinces on any 1 of it's 2 rotors. All the front braking on a single rotor system is done by one caliper/rotor. A twin system has the work...