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racecougar
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Joined: July 31, 2023
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Location: Imperial, MO
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 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:52 am Post subject: Re: Brake Caliper Bracket Question |
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| Highpockets wrote: |
| Thanks for the replies. Looks like I will be grinding or welding. I would just really like to know why it doesn't work as it should.. |
Because the bracket was made from material thicker than the original backing plate.
| jimmyhoffa wrote: |
The core reason it doesn't work as it should is because instead of companies Neal/CNC, Jamar, GearOne, Summers Bros or AMS designing and peddling these kits and parts to us, we mainly have EMPI and Latest Rage.
The former list of companies are comprised of enthusiasts who were in this game at a level none of us ever will likely be, testing their stuff from Barstow to Baja, and the last two companies are corporate blobs extracting money from us using shiny inferior parts priced attractively. Often these are poor copies of some of the best ideas pioneered by the original companies.
In summary, things used to be awesome and now they are trash. Good luck! |
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Busstom
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Location: San Jose, CA
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: Brake Caliper Bracket Question |
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Bolt the whole assembly together with everything as it should be, EXCEPT that thick caliper bracket; then measure the resulting gap left between the bearing cap and the bearing housing. THAT will show you how much backing plate/caliper bracket thickness it is expecting. (BE SURE TO DO BOTH SIDES.) I tend to agree with the other posts stating that your caliper brackets are probably simply too thick.
Ensure that those are IRS bearing caps and not swing. If IRS, the internal steps/shoulder heights are the important feature, NOT the bolt flange thickness.
In my opinion, the only proper solution is to find some different brackets made the correct thickness; or, fly cut some meat from those ones; or, least preferred, weld-then-cut excess as was suggested.
I like the idea of design changes down the road, so I'm reluctant to weld them on. I would also want to be 100% sure of maintaining parallelism of the bracket-to-rotor relationship if I machined the brackets. So, my first preference would be finding proper brackets.
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