grinding booboo
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grinding booboo
wel i was grinding for my new 15x8 draglites when it broke through the caliper bracket. ***** hollow! not a very big break just about half the size of the moon on your thumb. what should i do to fix this? hard putty? weld? thanks again
thanks for the help in advance!
thanks for the help in advance!
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wow, ground a little much off, lol. were you fitting as you were grinding or did you say fu*k it and went to town. I don't know if that is going to hurt you or not, i would think it would being it is lubricated w/ grease.
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ya im getting new brackets and regrinding. i had the wheels off and on the car a bunch of times and the last time where i broke it, and went too far because i was sick of putting them on and off.
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also, in an other thread gm muscle had a similar issue:
in this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ng+caliper+pin
how is his booboo different from mine?
in this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ng+caliper+pin
how is his booboo different from mine?
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That's interesting.... I never saw that before. Does grinding down the caliper and bracket sacrifice any of the structural integrity?
That's not a hole in the end of the caliper bracket is it? That would be awkward if you were forcing out the grease from a hole in the back.
That's not a hole in the end of the caliper bracket is it? That would be awkward if you were forcing out the grease from a hole in the back.
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Now that I'm home and the first set of pictures aren't blocked like they are at work... I just noticed the above pictures.
Yeah that doesn't seem like such a good idea There's a hole on the other side of the bracket. That's where the caliper pins slide and are lubed. That looks like an accident waiting to happen.
Yeah that doesn't seem like such a good idea There's a hole on the other side of the bracket. That's where the caliper pins slide and are lubed. That looks like an accident waiting to happen.