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Ok here's the situation, started working on my front brakes earlier today and its been downhill since the get go. I bought all new brakes parts... Rotors, bearings, pads, and calipers. I got the rotors and the bearing put together just fine but when it came to putting the new caliper on it just wouldn't fit. The pads were either to thick or the rotor was too wide... My buddy and me have been dumbfounded all day trying to figure this shit out. :bang: So to try and see if another way would work we put the old pads back on, new rotors and calipers as well. Everything went together just fine since they weren't as thick of pads. We took it off the jacks put the tires on, everything good to go right? :yikes:
Taking it down the road everything seems fine the way we had it. Once we bring it back into the shop to look everything over again the rim was warm to the touch, mind you we only went around the block one time. We took the rim off and the rotors were smoking and so hot you couldn't even touch them. Working on it for so long and getting nowhere we just gave up... :WTF:
Has anyone else ran into a situation like this before? I'm so lost on why they would be so hot and also why the new pads won't work with the new calipers and rotors. :gaah:
I bought the parts from Autozone so they're Duralast. That's all that was available to me that they had in stock.
ANY help would be greatly appreciated :hope:
Taking it down the road everything seems fine the way we had it. Once we bring it back into the shop to look everything over again the rim was warm to the touch, mind you we only went around the block one time. We took the rim off and the rotors were smoking and so hot you couldn't even touch them. Working on it for so long and getting nowhere we just gave up... :WTF:
Has anyone else ran into a situation like this before? I'm so lost on why they would be so hot and also why the new pads won't work with the new calipers and rotors. :gaah:
I bought the parts from Autozone so they're Duralast. That's all that was available to me that they had in stock.
ANY help would be greatly appreciated :hope: