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| | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 | Hello all a few years ago I ordered the disc brake kit from Performance Online. As things often go, it did not make it onto the truck very quickly. So here I am three years later, finally addressing this project and I have found I am missing the spacers to mount the calipers properly. The company will not sell me just the spacers. They want me to buy the whole kit at $500+
The kit uses regular GM calipers on the factory spindles.
Can anyone find me the exact measurements for the spacers for this kit? That way I can either buy or make the correct spacers. There should be 4 on each side. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Of course I would also be interested in buying them if anyone has the correct ones.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 | Here's a trick I use when setting up race car brakes. Assemble the calipers onto the mounts with new pads installed, and hang them over the rotors (installed on the spindles). Use air pressure to clamp the brakes onto the rotors, and measure the distance from the brackets to the spindles. Then make whatever length spacers you need. Just be sure the calipers are centered on the slides correctly before taking the measurement. Reverse engineering the setup will make it unique to your application. That's how the greedy donkeyholes figured out the length of the spacers they sold you in the first place!
Jerry
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I can explain it to you, I can't understand it for you.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 | Maybe call back and talk to someone different and explain the situation, sometimes a different approach asking the same question can get different results. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | What kit number did you buy?
Is this for the 3600 in your signature line? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 Gas Pumper | | Gas Pumper Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 | I am not sure what spacers you are referring to. The bracket mounts the calipers in perfect position. So the spacer I thought you meant was for moving the rims out by about 1/4 inch. My kit didn't have any spacers for the calipers to mount over the rotors correctly. There are other kits out there, so maybe yours is different. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 | not sure on the kit number it was the 5 lug conversion
Yes it was for the the 3600... I swapped the front axle for a 1/2 ton so could upgrade cheaper and easier. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 | I'll give that a shot... thanks!! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 | Are you sure the spacer wasn't to put the wheel out further so it doesn't hit the caliper?
I've had zero luck with POL as far as tech support.
Try calling CPP and speak with Van in tech support - 714-522-2000. I was in the same situation with a POL kit, and was able to order the two spacers and six screws for the six lug kit separately from him.
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