 Rear Caliper Install Rotor Clearance Issue, 914-6 |
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| DennisV |
  Jun 24 2025, 08:11 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 670 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California 
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I have newly restored calipers from PMB. They look great. Front went on no problem. The rear have been a real bear. I've tried both sides and I can't get reasonable clearance between the caliper (no pads) and rotor. I wonder if I have the alignment of parts wrong. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
My understanding, working from outside in, is: Trailing arm mount <- cover plate bracket <- caliper <- bolt Meaning the cover plate bracket is sandwiched between the caliper and trailing arm. Do I have that right? I tried the reverse as well and it still didn't line up well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)  Not sure what I'm doing wrong... Damn you Ian Karr and your videos that make this look so easy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) P.S. As you can see in the photo, the rotors are not vented so that should not be adding to any clearance issues. |
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| nditiz1 |
Jun 25 2025, 06:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,260 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Mount Airy, Maryland Member No.: 18,763 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Does the axle need to be installed???
The bearing sits inside the carrier. The hub is pressed into the bearing. It seemed to me OP was only replacing the caliper and the rotor. Can you post a pic with the caliper installed? I just went through this with my conversion. New hubs, bearings, rotors, calipers. I do not have clearance issues, maybe 2mm on each side of the caliper face to the rotor face. |
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