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Technical => Wheel & Tire Forum => Topic started by: egspot on December 22, 2008, 03:47:12 PM

Title: Has anyone installed marathon bajas on front disk?
Post by: egspot on December 22, 2008, 03:47:12 PM
Hrere is the planned setup:

These wheels

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe346%2Fegspot%2FSSPX1377.jpg&hash=40ad8d3772cf41f2dd812f15225a9c43ae860bb6)


on these disk system

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe346%2Fegspot%2Ffrontdisk.jpg&hash=28ea394b43d5801be20fea6136385e332d73420a)

with this beam

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe346%2Fegspot%2FNarrowedbeam.jpg&hash=518a79ef8aabef70d00b90312ac4dd840c9fd347)


I am looking for what won't work and why?
Title: Re: Has anyone installed marathon bajas on front disk?
Post by: Jeremy on December 22, 2008, 08:03:49 PM
Emilio, I think your best bet would be to assemble one of the those rotors on which ever spindles you are going to use, bolt on a caliper and the baja wheel and see if there is an wheel to caliper clearance issues. If they are 15" wheels I wouldn't think they would be a problem.

Jeremy
Title: Re: Has anyone installed marathon bajas on front disk?
Post by: egspot on December 22, 2008, 08:23:23 PM


Why didn't I think of that..  I was not thinking. ;D

Thanks Jeremy