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Front Caliper clearance.

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Johnny4428:
After servicing the front Caliper and fitting new seal and pads, I couldn’t get the required clearance between the rear Caliper pad and disc. Backed the adjuster screw right out and still gripping the disc, making it difficult to move about in garage. I could see no option but to make and fit a shim between rear pad holder and brake Caliper arm. That fixed it now have the required clearance. Anybody had this problem before with pads?

Oddjob:
Check you haven’t fitted the wheel spindle in backwards. Iirc the lock nut fits to the left side, as in near the disc

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Also that plastic pad that sits behind the pad - mine was on the wrong side when I fitted my first set of pads

Johnny4428:
Checked that Ted, that was one of my initial thoughts. I’ll check the wheel spindle Ken, I haven’t removed the wheel but that’s not to say a previous owner had incorrectly fitted it. Although I think my problem was clearance between both pads.

Johnny4428:
Thought you were going to be “on the money” there Ken but just checked and the spindle is fitted correctly.

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