Wrong new rear brake caliper?
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From: Indy Indiana
Wrong new rear brake caliper?
my jobber sold me a left rear brake caliper but I am really struggling to get it mounted.. it is way off center. the caliper metal is actually grinding on the rotor ( new also ). yuk...
I was looking at the parts houses and there seems to be a part number difference between the left rear and the right rear.. they seem to eyeball the same but are they? is that my problem? I already gave them the old core too. more yuk..
they gave me the correct part as it says on the receipt but perhaps was the wrong caliper boxed up and placed in the box?
the caliper is cast delco moraine 6473807. mine is a '70.
any theories?
I was looking at the parts houses and there seems to be a part number difference between the left rear and the right rear.. they seem to eyeball the same but are they? is that my problem? I already gave them the old core too. more yuk..
they gave me the correct part as it says on the receipt but perhaps was the wrong caliper boxed up and placed in the box?
the caliper is cast delco moraine 6473807. mine is a '70.
any theories?
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,458
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From: Indy Indiana
no parking brake holes, i figured it was just a characteristic of china that the adjusting holes were not there.. i usually just adjust the parking brake out anyway to a close contact anyway and back them out a notch before putting on the rotor..
it does have the offset and the area inside for the parking brake shoes..
it does have the offset and the area inside for the parking brake shoes..
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Yes, they used the same blanks just machined them a little differently. It is very hard to tell the difference in them by casually looking.
