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Hey guys, so I just got some slotted rotors for my ef falcon, changed both fronts, along with pads. I just went to drive out of my driveway, and the passenger side wheel started knocking. I checked the wheel nuts and they are all tight. Any idea on what it could be?
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| Esteven8 |
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Did you replace both wheel bearings as well? Bad idea to use old bearings on new races. (would have been pressed into the new rotors)
Was the bearing/hub nut torqued correctly (30Nm then loosen 1/2 turn and then tighten to 15Nm)? Also caliper sleeve bolts (30Nm)?
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I did torque to 30, but didnt know you have to turn back then retorque to 15, so will do that now, and yes i used new bearings on both sides
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Lets hope you haven't ruined your new bearings. Remove everything and check the bearings to make sure they are still good. Repack them with High Temp Grease, then tighten them as Esteven8 mentioned. I usually just tighten the nut up hand tight (socket attached to extension bar and tighten as much as I can with one hand gripping extension) after backing off half a turn.
EDIT: Make sure you rotate the rotor (in any direction) while tightening the hub bolt to 30Nm...this helps to seat the rotor on the spindle properly.
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Thread in the 6 cylinder workshop, shouldn't this be in brakes etc?
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So I fixed up the rotor, now the brake caliper won't bolt in, any ideas?
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Ctchme wrote: So I fixed up the rotor, now the brake caliper won't bolt in, any ideas? is the piston pushed in,slides over the rotor,push it down and put 1 bolt in,push down then the other bolt,are the shims in each end.what cant you do?
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hans hartman wrote: Ctchme wrote: So I fixed up the rotor, now the brake caliper won't bolt in, any ideas? is the piston pushed in,slides over the rotor,push it down and put 1 bolt in,push down then the other bolt,are the shims in each end.what cant you do? Yeah piston is pushed in, if I bolt down one side, then the other end won't go down to the corresponding bolt hole
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Ctchme wrote: So I fixed up the rotor, now the brake caliper won't bolt in, any ideas? you do know that the bolts that hold on your calipers are different sizes ? I just did the same got 4 new rotors and bearings and put them on and had no probs. there on my build thread if you would like to see if there the same |
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Found the problem, turns out I had the wrong wheel bearings, a quick run over to repco, and they are on, and bolted up
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Ctchme wrote: Found the problem, turns out I had the wrong wheel bearings, a quick run over to repco, and they are on, and bolted up oh wow lucky you caught them when you did then |
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