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Arizona z rear caliper break spacing issue


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Ok guys it's been a long 2 days and maybe not seeing things right ....just finished tearing out all the stock suspension and Refitting it with modern stuff ...I'm now on the rear brakes and am using arizona z car rear willwood setup ...it says you might have to space out the caliper to fit and to put the spaces inbetween the caliper and the mounting bracket ......

 

Well I have zero spacers inbetween the caliper and the bracket but the caliper still needs to come out a few more mills to get it center ....how would I accomplish this if I can't get the caliper to come out more since it's already up against the bracket and adding spacers would move it back not forward ??

 

Anyways please go easy on me if I'm missing something stupid...lol

 

Thanks in advance

 

Rob

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Thought of that ..,.just unsure if it's a wise way of doing it...it seems strange a bit that they would design brakes and want you to space it out like that ...just want to confirm that ...that is the proper way to do it .

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Yes I agree this site is outstanding for resource.....plus the guys on here are great....and always quick to respond .

Noticing the same thing as you I will button something up and realize oh shoot I had to connect that first and vice versus ...all part of working on cars ...but if I can stop from making too many of those mistakes that would be great too ....the next thing I do maybe I will hit you up with a pm and you can tell which way not too do it lol.

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It doesn't matter if the caliper is perfectly centered if the pads drop in OK.  I would tighten everything up and see where it works out, then make a decision.  You can always grind the pads a bit if you don't want to shim anything.  For a while I had a set of front wheels brgs that required grinding the inner pad.  PITA but worked fine.

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