URGENT H E L P Needed !!! Brake caliper TOO Close ?!
29 June 2011, 05:58 PM
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URGENT H E L P Needed !!! Brake caliper TOO Close ?!
Hi. I'm just fitting 4 pot calipers and the caliper is VERY close to the wheel. I mean VERY, VERY close ! The wheel spins free and NOT touching or scratching caliper but as You can see it's VERY close.
Can I leave it like that or I will need spacers???
Can I leave it like that or I will need spacers???
29 June 2011, 06:12 PM
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That's what I was thinking to do from the begining, but some mate on here sent me a picture with 4 pots on his car with exactly SAME alloys without the spacers.
Here is a link to my thread with the picture of the car with same alloys.
Here is a link to my thread with the picture of the car with same alloys.
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29 June 2011, 09:33 PM
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Cheers Guys. I will DEFINATELY need spacers :-( After I fitted caliper on the other wheel there is NO room at all, not even a 0.5mm. I'm sure that 3mm spacers would do the job, but would I still need to use longer studs ?
29 July 2011, 04:22 PM
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I've got a smiilar problem with my AP 6 pots.... seemed absolutely fine until on the track when the wheels flex slightly....
I've got two sets of P1 18s, plus two spares (all the same style PWR1s or whatever they are...) I found that all of the wheels were a slightly different size from each other - with varying amounts of clearance.
I measured the clearance by layering duck tape over the caliper face closest to the inside of the wheel. The wheel which was fouling could take three layers of duck tape before catching the caliper (looked pretty similar to the photo you posted) the one which was on the other side and was fine took 17 layers of tape before catching (about 5 or 6 mm). One of the others in that set had 14 layers of clearance, so I've just swapped that wheel from the back on to that corner.... might be worth seeing if all your wheels are the same too (despite beign part fo teh same set....) - as you may be able to take one off the back and swap it round...?
I've got two sets of P1 18s, plus two spares (all the same style PWR1s or whatever they are...) I found that all of the wheels were a slightly different size from each other - with varying amounts of clearance.
I measured the clearance by layering duck tape over the caliper face closest to the inside of the wheel. The wheel which was fouling could take three layers of duck tape before catching the caliper (looked pretty similar to the photo you posted) the one which was on the other side and was fine took 17 layers of tape before catching (about 5 or 6 mm). One of the others in that set had 14 layers of clearance, so I've just swapped that wheel from the back on to that corner.... might be worth seeing if all your wheels are the same too (despite beign part fo teh same set....) - as you may be able to take one off the back and swap it round...?
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