dirt nugget
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Western Maryland
Well I thought for sure this would be a simple enough swap. Ive built transmissions, painted cars, rebuilt complete steering and suspension systems..but brakes are an area I have yet to be educated in..with the help of my haynes manual it was going to be a walk in the park right? WRONG!
I pulled of the wheel. Removed the caliper mounting bolts slide the caliper back and hung it out of the way. Put on the new rotor and placed the caliper back and tightened the bolts down...well we tried to take it for a drive and the front wheels wont turn.
So I blow everything apart and look around...look back through the haynes and no obvious mistakes are noticed. This time as I tightened up the lugnuts I noticed I no longer could turn the tire by hand...Once again pulled the tire off and notice the rotor looked to be dragging on the dust sheild and possibly through it and into the steering knuckle.
Is their a tech article somewhere I can read that has more clear instructions than the tech manual? Is there a step I completely missed?
I pulled of the wheel. Removed the caliper mounting bolts slide the caliper back and hung it out of the way. Put on the new rotor and placed the caliper back and tightened the bolts down...well we tried to take it for a drive and the front wheels wont turn.
So I blow everything apart and look around...look back through the haynes and no obvious mistakes are noticed. This time as I tightened up the lugnuts I noticed I no longer could turn the tire by hand...Once again pulled the tire off and notice the rotor looked to be dragging on the dust sheild and possibly through it and into the steering knuckle.
Is their a tech article somewhere I can read that has more clear instructions than the tech manual? Is there a step I completely missed?