Fishplate101
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Hi Guys,
I'm new here and having a blast working the BJ7. After I cleaned then painted the wheel and calipers, I found the clearance on the left wheel spoke to caliper to be unsafe. While reinstalling the left wheel to hub, I notice the clearance between the spoke and caliper to about 1/16 or less. The right caliper spoke clearance looks good, however someone must have ground the corner edge of the right caliper to produce this clearance. I did not remove the calipers during the cleaning an painting process, I only removed the sway bar, the sway bar is still off in this picture, as I'm waiting for parts.
My question, am I missing something? Did someone install the wrong after market wire wheels? or the wrong calipers for this BJ7. The calipers look like they've been on the car forever, before I painted them. I may be forced to grind the corner edge of caliper to produce clearance like the other side. "YUCK"
I need to double check, but I think the outside caliper face plate states Girling 14. Note: the previous owner drove the car often for ten years......... I drove it for 20 miles before this discovery with no problems it's down now, till I understand this clearance issue...
I need to upgrade my member ship to send more than one pic at a time.
Thanks,
Fishplate
I'm new here and having a blast working the BJ7. After I cleaned then painted the wheel and calipers, I found the clearance on the left wheel spoke to caliper to be unsafe. While reinstalling the left wheel to hub, I notice the clearance between the spoke and caliper to about 1/16 or less. The right caliper spoke clearance looks good, however someone must have ground the corner edge of the right caliper to produce this clearance. I did not remove the calipers during the cleaning an painting process, I only removed the sway bar, the sway bar is still off in this picture, as I'm waiting for parts.
My question, am I missing something? Did someone install the wrong after market wire wheels? or the wrong calipers for this BJ7. The calipers look like they've been on the car forever, before I painted them. I may be forced to grind the corner edge of caliper to produce clearance like the other side. "YUCK"
I need to double check, but I think the outside caliper face plate states Girling 14. Note: the previous owner drove the car often for ten years......... I drove it for 20 miles before this discovery with no problems it's down now, till I understand this clearance issue...
I need to upgrade my member ship to send more than one pic at a time.
Thanks,
Fishplate