i got owned by a caliper....(see inside for details)
#1
i got owned by a caliper....(see inside for details)
So I replaced my front brakes and rotors about 2-3 weeks ago. Everything was good up front. I knew that my rear pass. side caliper was getting bad. it was kinda frozen....well now its totally frozen. the whole time driving I get a sqweeeling sound. horrible sound. so several months ago when Alex_V was parting out his car i took his caliper from his 1990 se. So last night as i was putting that caliper on my car i got owned!
The 1990 caliper is smaller than my 91s caliper. The pads are a huge difference in size. And the the smaller caliper wouldnt even bolt to my hub assembly.
I had no idea this would happen so my car is sitting in a barn on jack stands as it was around 10pm when we got to this predicament. SO tonight ill have to put the new pads, rotors and new caliper on the rear pass and finish the drivers side rear real quick and bleed the brakes.
so if anyone wanted to know the rear 1990 calipers are not the same as the rear 1991 calipers. does anyone know if the fronts are smaller as well or not?
The 1990 caliper is smaller than my 91s caliper. The pads are a huge difference in size. And the the smaller caliper wouldnt even bolt to my hub assembly.
I had no idea this would happen so my car is sitting in a barn on jack stands as it was around 10pm when we got to this predicament. SO tonight ill have to put the new pads, rotors and new caliper on the rear pass and finish the drivers side rear real quick and bleed the brakes.
so if anyone wanted to know the rear 1990 calipers are not the same as the rear 1991 calipers. does anyone know if the fronts are smaller as well or not?
#7
Hmmm... I wonder if the brackets could be swapped over.
Could have been worse, he could have mentioned that he needed a fix asap as the cows we're pissed off he had the Max in there...
Originally Posted by eric93SE
dude has a barn
Originally Posted by MyGreenMax94
Dats how it's done in da sticks mang.
![Rolling on floor laughing](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
#18
Originally Posted by internetautomar
so you used the new caliper (and it's bracket)
bolted to the old strut brackets
with the newer rotors?
is that all correct?
bolted to the old strut brackets
with the newer rotors?
is that all correct?
![chairshot](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/chairshot.gif)
Newer Caliper with bracket, newer strut bracket, and older rotor.
#20
Originally Posted by internetautomar
ok, so basically you used evrything from the newer style but the rotor, I wonder if the newer style would have worked too.
The newer rotor was too big. I believe it had something to do with the strut/ hub section being a little different.
I donno whats it's called, but the part that the strut caliper bracket bolts to.
#22
Originally Posted by internetautomar
hmm the rotor diameters are the same, but the height is marginally different.
oh well, live and learn
oh well, live and learn
Thats what i thought. Possibly they gave me the wrong ones???
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