84-87 12" Corvette Brake Swap... (Page 21/28)
Comealongway AUG 11, 02:17 AM
Oh yah I'm another one that got ripped off from cheetah BUYER BEWARE
Austrian Import AUG 12, 01:23 AM
Kostarossa, I'm confused. Which kit do you use? I thought you used Fieroaddictions 13" big brake Wilwood kit. Do you have 2 cars?
Shianne AUG 12, 12:07 PM
Well here I go I installed the corvette 12" front brakes but am having issues with the banjo bolt hitting th front shock as described by other on this post. I tried rotating the calipers from side to side so that the bleed screw is facing up? Tried the brackets every way I can think of but am still unable to get the banjo bolt to clear the shock with the tire off. Does anyone have a picture of the caliper mounted with out the rotor in place so I can see the bracket alignment. or a view from the back. Obvious that I am just assembling it wrong but can't seem to figure this out. I even tried the caliper mount bracket on both side to no avail. Anyhow thanks in advance.

Pat
86 SE soon to be LT1 V8 if I can get through the brake upgrade.
fierodustin AUG 12, 12:23 PM
someone said earlier that there's stopped hitting as soon as there was weight on the suspension.
Shianne AUG 12, 07:53 PM
my only concern with it freeing up under load is that cornering in a situation with under load then losing the load could cause damage to the caliper. I am sure I am just missing something.

I tired all the combos I could see. Anyhow mabe I will take a pic or two and post them so you can see what I mean.
fierodustin AUG 12, 10:40 PM
Please do, That would help me out a lot. I am taking time next week to machine some brackets and can adjust the mounting holes if they need to move a little.
Shianne AUG 12, 11:03 PM
I will post some pic's of the front brackets mounted with caliper and the banjo bolt issue.

The brackets I had made at my local machine shop. He did an excellent job. Everything lines up but as I said before the bolt ie back of caliper hits the lower shock bolt.
Shianne AUG 12, 11:34 PM
well here are some driver side pics with the banjo bolt shown against the shock. I also include a pic of the bracket. Give me some ideas what I have done wrong with the below.








note how that bolt is touching the shock. The car is not at full turn radius.


Bracket I had made for the front following the blue print provided earlier on this post.

thanks Again.

PS Wow getting pictures on this site is a chore I have never done it before. As always everything is windows oriented, I use linux, but got it to work.

Pat

[This message has been edited by Shianne (edited 08-13-2009).]

fierodustin AUG 13, 11:01 AM
hmm, it looks like you have it installed the same way as the other guys that have done this already... maybe someone else that has done it already can chime in and help.
Shianne AUG 13, 02:42 PM
Yeah I think I have it right. I may just give it a try. Got my hubs back and new studs installed. Hopefully back together to night.