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Dawg
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AUG 19, 02:14 PM
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It seems to me that this banjo problem can be fixed by designing a better adapter. The caliper simply needs to be rotated. It looks like rotating upwards would make the most sense.
Has this not occurred to anyone?
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You Dream it Up -- I'll Build it
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hooks
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AUG 19, 08:32 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Dawg:
It seems to me that this banjo problem can be fixed by designing a better adapter. The caliper simply needs to be rotated. It looks like rotating upwards would make the most sense.
Has this not occurred to anyone?
DG
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thats kinda what I was thinking also
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merciero
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AUG 19, 11:09 PM
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does anyone have aapter brackets for sale. or know where to get them... everyone that was mentioned before is either not coming through or selling parts that dont work.... i want the brackets, but i dont wanna take a chance on chettah. anybody doing this swap and already has adapters wanna run to the machine shop for me and put in an order?
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Fiero2m8
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JAN 19, 12:08 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by merciero:
does anyone have aapter brackets for sale. or know where to get them... everyone that was mentioned before is either not coming through or selling parts that dont work.... i want the brackets, but i dont wanna take a chance on chettah. anybody doing this swap and already has adapters wanna run to the machine shop for me and put in an order? |
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I have them for sale in aluminum threaded from Bubbajoe and would sell them to get funds to put back into my project.
If anyone is serious send a PM.
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garage monster
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JAN 19, 12:46 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jncomutt:
The car came with 9" brakes. These are 3 inches larger than stock. Yes, there will be some issues trying to get that extra inch and a half of clearance. Put a jack under a control arm and see how much of an issue that banjo is. I really hope you're not planning on jumping your car with the wheel at full lock.
The solution to this problem is to weld the lower shock mount higher up on the control arm. |
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I had my brackets made by a local machinist using the drawings posted earlier.
Here is how I solved the shock clearance problem. Sorry if some of the pictures are a little dark
Here is where the shock normally mounts
This is where it needs to be moved back to for clearance of the banjo bolt.
The rear mounting flange has room to drill a new hole. The front flange needed this piece to be welded in place.
This is where I welded the small piece and then drilled new mounting holes.
Here is the new position with the bolt in the hole. Now there is no clearance issue at full lock even with wheel off the ground.
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madcurl
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MAR 06, 11:34 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by garage monster:
I had my brackets made by a local machinist using the drawings posted earlier.
Here is how I solved the shock clearance problem. Sorry if some of the pictures are a little dark
Here is where the shock normally mounts
This is where it needs to be moved back to for clearance of the banjo bolt.
The rear mounting flange has room to drill a new hole. The front flange needed this piece to be welded in place.
This is where I welded the small piece and then drilled new mounting holes.
Here is the new position with the bolt in the hole. Now there is no clearance issue at full lock even with wheel off the ground.
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That's what WCF does on their big brake kits.
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PerKr
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MAR 09, 08:04 AM
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got a set of front calipers and brackets off a 1985 vette, now I need to find rotors. but why are '88 rotors used, why not 84-87? and did anyone design a new bracket to overcome the problems of the caliper clashing with the shock mount?
*edit: the consensus on the clashing issue was that it wouldn't normally happen, right?[This message has been edited by PerKr (edited 03-09-2011).]
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PerKr
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MAR 10, 06:00 PM
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made an adapter from a piece of scrap aluminium just to be able to test-fit the caliper. had to check again to see how it mounted (short memory). One thing I'm not very keen on doing is drilling out the threads in the spindle. Works fine for this mod, yes, but there might come a day when I would regret it. Does anyone have a workaround?
also, correct me if I'm wrong, but the two pairs of holes (one pair for mounting to the fiero spindle, one pair for the vette bracket) should be on two concentric circles, right?
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1986GTV8
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MAR 11, 06:18 PM
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PerKr
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MAR 27, 05:35 PM
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I'm working on a re-design of the adapter enabling the use of M14 bolts for the vette bracket and M12 fine-threaded bolts for the Fiero spindle. I'm still experiencing the caliper hitting the shock, but it seems to happen relatively close to the point where the protrusion on the fiero caliper bracket would normally hit the lower control arm. With some luck, there is space for some similar sort of steering stop so I can avoid damaging the shocks and/or calipers,
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