 Does this front rotor to caliper clearance look right?, Seems tight |
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| stugray |
 Jun 4 2014, 09:55 PM
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I dont remember the clearance being so close when I took it all apart.
Is this normal? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i366.photobucket.com-10819-1401940546.1.jpg) I can only fit about a .001 feeler between the rotor and the caliper on the outer side. This is a 71 with what I thought we determined was a late front strut. When I tried the early rotors, you could not even get close to putting the caliper on. Now with the "late" rotor, the caliper just barely clears. I thought maybe the wheel bearing wasnt seated all the way, but I re/over-torqued the nut to see if it needed to pull in any more, but that didnt help. |
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| infraredcalvin |
Jun 5 2014, 12:22 AM
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Looks like you don't have much clearance on the inside as well. Either you have a 911 caliper with a missing spacer, or for some reason the rotors are too thick.
It's been a long time but I remember there being at least a mm or two clearace on each side of a new rotor (late calipers). Can you even get new pads in the caliper? |
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Posts in this topic
stugray Does this front rotor to caliper clearance look right? Jun 4 2014, 09:55 PM
stugray Here is another pic that shows how the rotor is no... Jun 4 2014, 10:10 PM Jeffs9146 Is it a 5-lug conversion? Jun 4 2014, 10:41 PM stugray No just replacing stock 4-lug rotors with off the ... Jun 4 2014, 11:47 PM stugray
The back side has plenty of room (like 3/8... Jun 5 2014, 07:14 AM Eric_Shea Stu,
It appears to be a bearing issue. What bear... Jun 5 2014, 11:40 AM stugray The bearings are from PP and the boxes say SKF.
Pa... Jun 5 2014, 05:14 PM r_towle There are early and late rotors.
You may have the ... Jun 5 2014, 07:09 PM wndsnd :popcorn: Jun 6 2014, 03:56 PM stugray Ok, when I first posted, I had .002 clearance on t... Jun 6 2014, 05:33 PM
Eric_Shea Stu,
Please post pictures of your calipers.
Fron... Jun 7 2014, 12:52 PM |
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