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Technical => Wheel & Tire Forum => Topic started by: egspot on January 26, 2009, 07:47:22 PM

Title: building the disk brakes into the spindles?
Post by: egspot on January 26, 2009, 07:47:22 PM


I was trying to put the toguether to see the fitting and try some wheels. Somehow the disk does not go up to the end.

Anyone has some pictures of how it should fit?
Title: Re: building the disk brakes into the spindles?
Post by: owdlvr on January 26, 2009, 08:05:57 PM
Give me a better idea of what your problem is, and I'll go take a photo of my car downstairs.

Have you set the Bearing races correctly in the disc?

-Dave
Title: Re: building the disk brakes into the spindles?
Post by: egspot on January 26, 2009, 08:33:47 PM

I have both of these spindles and the black ones are dropped 2" i think.

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe346%2Fegspot%2FSpindles.jpg&hash=a631fb6661b2d5d09fbf1d8dfaea0b0d7f3b4465)

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fe346%2Fegspot%2FOtherspindles.jpg&hash=465ffd97fdd894f002f5876845474a6a049b4af9)

With this set of disks.

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

I can't even get to a position where it may even make sense.





Title: Re: building the disk brakes into the spindles?
Post by: owdlvr on January 27, 2009, 09:20:29 AM
If you haven't pressed the bearing races into the disc, and you're trying to see how it all "goes together" it won't work.  You need to press the bearing races all the way into the stops, and then dry-fit the assembly together.

Without another photo of your spindle I can't compare it to mine, so use this to see if your black spindle set looks close to mine:

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3310%2F3186178339_03ec689d92_o.jpg&hash=59d86b8b8283e6e6a3aa1ddcbc53007c3e6a7d73)

-Dave