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CoastalCorsa

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Registered: 7th Jan 05
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9th Apr 06 at 18:54

I just fit some cavalier calipers to ma corsa

put alloys on

went for a drive - could hear wierd grinding noise thought it was pads bedding in - but no the caliper is diggin into ma alloy and has damaged all the inside of the wheel

Any one any idea what has gone wrong ?

[Edited on 09-04-2006 by CoastalCorsa]

vauxtillidie

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Location: Manchester Drives: Cav turbo/Corsa C20XE
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9th Apr 06 at 18:57

assuming by speedlines you mean allesios surely cav calipers fit under these as they are 16's?

CoastalCorsa

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9th Apr 06 at 18:57

yeah allesios yeah 16`s yeah should fit

only done it on Driver side

X 60RSA

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9th Apr 06 at 19:00

Wheel spacers required or try grinding some material off the caliper.

vauxtillidie

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9th Apr 06 at 19:00

caliper bolts tight? other than that cant think whats gone wrong sorry cant be more help

cunningham

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Registered: 25th May 05
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9th Apr 06 at 20:20

mines rub to speedlines with standard vx calipers with green stuff pads and the caliper spring rubs the inside hub of ma wheels so need 5 mil spacers it sucks

CoastalCorsa

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10th Apr 06 at 06:42

spacers - ha - i am gonna strip the brakes down and refit them see what i can do cos passenger side is fine

Dean_W

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10th Apr 06 at 08:11

By stripping them down and fitting again, that won't help.

There's nothing you can do to the caliper (apart from grinding). You need spacers.

CoastalCorsa

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10th Apr 06 at 11:14

I had a look at my callipers and the passenger side is different to the drivers side so i grinded the difference off the drivers one

all fits cushty now

CoastalCorsa

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10th Apr 06 at 11:15

think one was a cav caliper an other was astra

peacemaker

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10th Apr 06 at 19:46

Ive had the same problem! I fited a part worn pad to the out side! lol

KennyT

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10th Apr 06 at 22:24

i had that when i fitted my 2.0l brakes, just grinded of the part of the caliper that was rubbing!