gimme a break.

[Clip]

shoulda finished up the brakes today, but as usual, something didnt go right.

to begin with, i replaced the master cylinder. after that, i got the two rear brakes done (porterfield lines and pads, with brembo rotors). they went on without a hitch.

got to the fronts, completed the passenger side fairly easily. went to the driver side and started running into problems.

my biggest: rotor/hub wont turn when completely assembled. the caliper was a beast to get down in the first place. id tried compressing the piston with a c-clamp, had all the pressure relieved. even blew the piston out of the caliper and checked for damage inside, but everything was fine. it almost seems as if the porterfield pads are a tad thick (couldnt be more than a mm or two) but just enough to securely hold the rotor after its all together. might the rotor be a little big?

so my questions:

how can i fix this?
can i simply drive on it a little til the pads get worn down and itll turn freely, or is that just retarded thinking?

 

[supra90turbo]

Belt sander

 

[Clip]

joke, or real. i was wondering about that...didnt really wanna take that leap til it was confirmed

 

[jetjock]

What supra90 said. No joke, as long as everthing else checks out. Odd that the pax side went in OK though.

 

[IJ.]

Might have been a pair made with the wrong friction material thickness bonded on...

Try swapping one pad from the other side.

 

[Clip]

everything else went in silky smooth.

just gotta make sure ive got the pads flat against the sander, correct?

 

[toyman1987]

if you don't have a micrometer or caliper to measure pads and rotors, why don't you try to swap the PS pads, and rotor to DS and see if it turns?
if the rotor or pads were made wrong get them replaced. you could have a bent caliper mounting bracket.

 

[IJ.]

Seized slider pins maybe?

 

[Clip]

nah
put antiseize on all of em. i swapped a pad from the pax side, that gave it a little more clearance but still need about a mm

 

[IJ.]

Do all 4 pads measure up the same?

place them all face down on a table and see if any are actually thicker?

 

[Clip]

one appears just a tad thicker than the others
sanding time?
and how the hell do i get my shims to stay on the pads? orange disc quiet from crc?

 

[IJ.]

return em and get a good set!

 

[1TuffSupra]

Im with IJ on this one man. Your brakes are quite a crucial part of your cars functionality. If it isnt working the way its supposed to during the initial install there is no telling what else could be wrong with them.

 

[johnathan1]

definitely get another set...and for your shims just put some disc brake quiet stuff on the back of the pads, and stick the shim to it!

 

[Clip]

thanks for the help! ill try it this evening after work, see where i get

 

[westonboege]

If you do belt sand them... just make sure you get it level and straight... If it was me, i would take them to a machine shop to ensure they are perfectly flat... you dont want to score your brand new rotors

 

[shaeff]

:hands clip a kit kat bar:

i'd return them, or beltsand them while holding them in a vice.

-shaeff