Sam, either solution will work - shim the caliper so that it's more
centered or just have the pad shaved a little so it will go in.
Tony Drews
At 12:14 AM 11/4/2011, Sam Clark wrote:
>Tonight I was replacing my front brake pads to a higher performance version in
>preparation for a track day and encountered problems with the RH side. I
>attempted to do this in situ. LH side went well with the shims and pads going
>in ok. LH side has been problematic. The outer pad falls in but the inner
>one won't go in. Took the caliper off and manually pushed the pistons in.
>That didn't help. Upon closer inspection, the caliper is not centered with
>the rotor. Has anyone else had this problem? Should I shim the caliper to
>gain clearance? It needs to be moved to the center of the car. This is on a
>'72 TR6. Should I just have a brake shop take off .010 of the pad and be done
>with it?
>
>TIA
>Sam Clark
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