Okay, like I said before the instructions are totally inadequate. How do you mount the front calipers. I tried puting the bracket on the inside of the spindle, the outside of the spindle, no luck, WTF?
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Originally posted by MARLIN JACK:
DID YOU SAY BEFORE THAT YOU WERE DOING BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN A FEW PIECES MIXED UP?? KEEP WORKING AT IT! REMEMBER THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY! IF ALL THE PIECES ARE THERE, AND THEY ARE FOR YOUR YEAR OF CAR; YOU WILL GET IT TOGETHER! ALL THE BEST, MARLIN. HAVE YOU SWITCHED LEFT FROM RIGHT AND VISA-VERSA ON THE MOUNTING BRACKETS??
[This message has been edited by MARLIN JACK (edited 08-14-2002).]
No, I am only installing the front. I had Hall install the rear with the billet axles.
On the front, the mounting brackets were pre-installed onto the calipers. The only problem is I doesn't seem to fit with the rotor mounted.
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Originally posted by MARLIN JACK:
DO YOU NEED TO DISASSEMBLE THE CALIPERS BACK OFF OF THE MOUNTS; THEN BOLT ON THE MOUNT, THEN THE ROTOR, THEN THE CALIPER LAST. IN THAT ORDER, WILL IT WORK?? MARLIN.
Okay I caled Hall today and the guy said he is sure the front rotors go on the inside of the hub. I was told before that they go on the outside of the hub. Has someone out there done this and can confirm. I won't be able to get back to the car until Monday. It does look as though it would work with the rotor inside the hub though.
As a side note. I finished installing the rear less the upper control arm nut ( Hall is sending me replacements) and the e-brake took about 2 minutes to install and adjust (nice set up). The e-brake is now fully functional and it seems like it will work very very well.
I found some pics of when the brakes were on my car.The rotor goes on the outside of the hub.(no question about it,its on film)The guy at Hall must have been thinking about Willwoods.The caliper should mount on the spindle with the adapt. brackets still attached.Cant tell which side of the spindle mounting ears they were mounted on in the pic but i do remember that i did not use any of the factory shims from the stock calipers.Hope this helps.Rich