I found the other part of the communication.
I did some more measuring to make sure what I have for clearance and offsets.
With the caliper installed it is hard to get an accurate measurement, but these are close. With the caliper tight against the bracket I got the following dims. This is what would be needed for the pads to fit. So they are the clear dims between the caliper and the rotor. Piston side of the rotor is about 11/16" plus a little. The outside dim is 9/16" plus a little. I know they are not accurate but, they are workable dims.
The offset in the bracket is 1/4", this gives 3/4" from the inside of the rotor to the inside of the bracket where the caliper mounts.
The caliper with the pads installed has clear between the pads of 1.37". The rotor is 1.29" thick. This gives .08 clearance.
With the pads installed and the caliper installed I can put a .62" straight edge between the outside pad and the rotor and still be able to rotate the rotor. It is tight, but I can rotate it by hand.
My pad dims. outside pad is .540" thick and the inside pad is .60 thick.
Inside the caliper mounting tabs where the bolts go is 3.033" clear.
Caliper bracket is .345" thick.
With the caliper and pads installed the rotor moves freely.
The bracket can be bent cold, no need to heat it.
Just to let you know, as hard as I tried, the offsets and parallel and straightness of the bracket is not perfect. On the one side I was doing most to the checking on, when I slide the caliper up against the bracket the top touches before the bottom does. It is close enough though, that I can push it and make contact at the bottom too.
After measuring everything again, and I were starting over, this is what I would shoot for with the caliper installed. These dims are without the pads installed. Outside 9/16". This can be a few thousands less, but it cannot be the thickness of the pad or less. If this is obtained the inside should take care of itself.
I hope this is some help.
Lonnie
Last edited by Lonnie Gallaher; 10/29/2008 5:09 AM.
