Wilwood Front Brake Question
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Wilwood Front Brake Question
Just installed a Wilwood front disc brake conversion kit on my '68 Camaro. Is it normal for the pads to rub the rotors slightly when new?
Re: Wilwood Front Brake Question
You should be able to spin the rotor easily by hand,if its tight you probably dont have them centered correctly.Do you have stock spindles or aftermarket?
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Stock spindles. I can spin them by hand, there's a slight bit of drag while doing this.
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Quite easily by hand I should have added.MMAX wrote:Stock spindles. I can spin them by hand, there's a slight bit of drag while doing this.
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with disc brakes there is always a very slight drag
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Re: Wilwood Front Brake Question
A slight drag until the pads are worn down a bit? When I installed them I made sure they were centered exactly. After they were bled and applied they never seemed to release all the way causing the drag.chpcamaro wrote:with disc brakes there is always a very slight drag
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Assuming you have it all centered up properly, this might get a little better once you've used them some.
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Sounds like they are fine if this is after being bled and applied.MMAX wrote:Quite easily by hand I should have added.MMAX wrote:Stock spindles. I can spin them by hand, there's a slight bit of drag while doing this.
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Re: Wilwood Front Brake Question
Ok , Hi Everyone
To go a step farther in this issue. I have a bit more of same problem.
Drivers front brake is dragging too much. I can turn wheel (kinda hard) and when I let go wheel stop no matter how hard in turn it. Other side is ok. I’ve removed calip , inspected, reshimed, twice. Same problem
Corvette aluminum 4 wheel disc master cyl
Wilwood 4 piston brakes.
Can’t see residual pressure of two or 3 pounds making it different from one side to the other
To go a step farther in this issue. I have a bit more of same problem.
Drivers front brake is dragging too much. I can turn wheel (kinda hard) and when I let go wheel stop no matter how hard in turn it. Other side is ok. I’ve removed calip , inspected, reshimed, twice. Same problem
Corvette aluminum 4 wheel disc master cyl
Wilwood 4 piston brakes.
Can’t see residual pressure of two or 3 pounds making it different from one side to the other
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Re: Wilwood Front Brake Question
Kinda sounds like something is flexing, such as the caliper bracket.
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