Rear rotor hold-down screws, ....are they necessary? (five lug conversion question) Options

[jaybird840]

I just bolted up my new Eric Shea control arms with the Elephant poly bronze bushings for my five lug rear conversion and I'm really psyched. They installed almost effortlessly, and I'm completing the install. However, when I went to install the new 914/6 rear rotors (thanks Mark H!) the holes for the two little screws that hold the rotor to the hub no longer line up. What are my options? 1) drill and tap for the new location 2) can you let the rotor "float" and just keep it held down with the torque of the lug nutz? Thanks guys!!!

--Jaybird

[Eric_Shea]

It would move the rotor outward by .006 - .008 which could make the alignment of the caliper and rotor difficult.

Nada. The width of a business card isn't going to make any difference here. He has caliper issues.

From your description of the process/instructions, it seems this is an outer piston.

I don't think there's any need for fancy tools. You may want to pull that caliper and stick your thumb on it. Rock it back and forth meaning; spin the adjuster counter clockwise just enough until you feel it start to move out. Stop. Now turn it clockwise again to pull it in. Your internal adjuster mechanism is hanging up just enough to cause it to spin inside the piston. There might be some grundge in there... working it back and forth might free up the threads a bit.

I'll try to grab a picture of the internal mechanism so you know what's probably happening. The only thing I can think to do at this time is to rock it back and forth as described. if you have a plastic mallet you may want to tap it a bit and try rocking again. Ask El Capitan states... apply pressure to it while you do this.