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Old 12-13-2015, 12:40 PM
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My end housings on my Currie 9" are big ford but they are clock 90*. I talked to aerospace and they said I would have to have my caliper at 12 oclock because of that, but wouldnt cause any issue. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Caliper position,for braking purposes, can be at any position. Normal caliper position at 3 and 9 o'clock is for bleeding purposes to have the bleed screw at the top of the caliper.
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Yep, strange rears move it 180 from the factory position.
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It makes bleeding a little more tedious, but beyond that, it's no big deal. I have big ford ends, with 4th gen f body brakes on my car and and to clock the driver side caliper 180 degrees because of the staggered shock set up on 2nd gens. I bleed that side by taking the caliper off, setting the piston in place with a big c clamp, clocking it so the bleeder nipple is up, and bleed like normal.



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