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A brake component comprising: (a) one or more tie bars, and (b) one or more open spaces on each side of the tie bar, wherein during a brake apply the one or more tie bars each allow a brake pad to rotate into the open spaces of the brake component while the tie bar remains an only point of contact o

A brake component comprising: (a) one or more tie bars, and (b) one or more open spaces on each side of the tie bar, wherein during a brake apply the one or more tie bars each allow a brake pad to rotate into the open spaces of the brake component while the tie bar remains an only point of contact of the brake component.

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1. A brake component comprising: a. at least one tie bar, andb. one or more open spaces on each side of the at least one tie bar,wherein during a brake apply, the at least one tie bar allows the brake component and a brake pad to pivot about a center axis of a piston bore while the at least one tie

1. A brake component comprising: a. at least one tie bar, andb. one or more open spaces on each side of the at least one tie bar,wherein during a brake apply, the at least one tie bar allows the brake component and a brake pad to pivot about a center axis of a piston bore while the at least one tie bar remains an only point of contact between the brake pad and a piston, the brake component and the brake pad pivot about the center axis of the piston bore such that as one side of the brake component and the brake pad pivots towards the piston another side of the brake component and the brake pad pivots away from the piston, andwherein during the brake apply, the piston maintains alignment generally along the center axis of the piston bore. 2. The brake component of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more open spaces are a window that is a through hole through the brake component, and wherein during the brake apply at least a portion of the piston extends into the window. 3. The brake component of claim 2, wherein the brake component is a shim, and during the brake apply or a brake retract, a center of force on the brake pad is maintained along the center axis of the piston bore. 4. The brake component of claim 1, wherein the brake component comprises at least two tie bars, wherein the at least two tie bars are spaced apart from one another, andwherein each of the one or more open spaces are a single open space defined on each side of each of the at least two tie bars. 5. The brake component of claim 4, wherein each of the at least two tie bars extend between a different set of the one or more open spaces. 6. The brake component of claim 1, wherein the one or more open spaces are each half-moon shaped. 7. The brake component of claim 1, wherein the at least one tie bar is diagonally oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the brake component, and an area on a first side of the at least one tie bar is an absence of material creating one of the one or more open spaces, and a second area on a second side of the at least one tie bar is a second absence of material creating a second one of the one or more open spaces. 8. The brake component of claim 7, wherein the shim includes three tie bars, wherein two of the three tie bars are end tie bars that are located at ends of the shim, and one of three tie bars is a middle tie bar that is located therebetween, andwherein both of the end tie bars are diagonally oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the brake component and the middle tie bar is vertically oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the brake component. 9. The brake component of claim 1, wherein the one or more open spaces on each side of the at least one tie bar are larger than the piston so that an outer rim of the piston only contacts the at least one tie bar when the brake pad and the brake component pivot about the center axis of the piston bore. 10. The brake component of claim 1, wherein the at least one tie bar is adapted to allow the brake component to pivot during the brake apply or a brake release so that at least a portion of the piston extends into the one or more open spaces when the brake component and the brake pad pivots towards the piston. 11. The brake component of claim 1, wherein the at least one tie bar is oriented from top to bottom of the brake component. 12. A brake system comprising: a. a caliper having: i. one or more piston bores on an inboard side;ii. one or more piston bores on an outboard side; andiii. a plurality of pistons, with one of the pistons located within each of the one or more piston bores on the inboard side and on the outboard side;b. two or more brake pads located within the caliper with at least one of the two or more brake pads being located on the inboard side and at least one of the two or more brake pads being located on the outboard side; andc. two or more shims, wherein each one of the shims is in communication with one of the two or more brake pads, wherein each of the shims include: i. one or more tie bars, andii. one or more open spaces defined on each side of the one or more tie bars,wherein during a brake apply, each of the pistons contact one of the one or more tie bars so that the pistons move at least one of the two or more brake pads, andwherein the one or more open spaces on each side of the one or more tie bars allow each of the two or more brake pads to pivot such that as one side of each of the two or more brake pads pivot towards the pistons another side of each of the two or more brake pads pivot away from the pistons while the pistons move at least one or the two or more brake pads and while the pistons are each maintained in axial alignment with an axis of the one or more piston bores, the one or more tie bars remain an only point of contact with: each of the pistons. 13. The brake system of claim 12, wherein an outer rim of each of the pistons is free of contact with each of the shims at a location other than the one or more tie bars. 14. The brake system of claim 12, wherein the caliper includes four or more pistons. 15. The brake system of claim 12, wherein each of the one or more open spaces are windows, and the windows are through holes in each of the shims, and wherein the one or more tie bars are the only point of contact between each of the shims and each of the pistons. 16. The brake system of claim 15, wherein the windows are larger than each of the pistons. 17. The brake system of claim 15, wherein the windows decouple the brake pads from the caliper so that vibrations are not transferred from the brake pads to the caliper or vice versa. 18. The brake system of claim 12, wherein the caliper includes six or more pistons in the caliper, with three of the pistons located on the inboard side and three of the pistons located on the outboard side, and wherein one of the two shims is an inboard shim and another one the two shims is an outboard shim,wherein each of the inboard shim and the outboard shim have three tie bars that each include one or more open spaces on each side of the three tie bars. 19. The brake system of claim 18, wherein the three tie bars of the inboard shim all are diagonally oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the brake component, and the outboard shim includes two tie bars that are end tie bars that are located at ends of the shim and one middle tie bar located between the two end tie bars, and the end tie bars are diagonally oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the brake component and the middle tie bar is vertically oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the brake component. 20. The brake system of claim 12, wherein during the brake apply or a brake retract, a center of force on each of the two or more brake pads is maintained along the axis of the one or more piston bores so that each of the two or more shims and each of the two or more brake pads are free to pivot about the axis of the one or more piston bores while the pistons maintain alignment along the axis of the corresponding one or more piston bores, and wherein during the brake apply or the brake retract at least a portion of the pistons extend into the one or more open spaces.