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02-08-2010 #1
Help! Brake brackets won't fit on stock spindles?
Okay,
This is for a 1968 Camaro. Car was originaly an RS with disc brakes in the front.
This weekend we installed the new upper and lower control arms as well as installing the new CPP 13" disc brakes. The kit I purchased is supposed to work with stock spindles (or so I thought).
FYI (CPP also sells a kit that is designed to work with thier drop spindle as well.)
Everything went great until we went to install the brake bracket on the stock spindle and it looks like the boss for the upper anchor bolt sticks out about an 1/8 of an inch to far. As a result the brake bracket will not attach squarley to the spindle.
(see thumbnails below)
The CPP instructions are just about worthless, but I included a link to them here. I know that it says you should machine the boss .480 inches to make it fit but that is supposed to only be for drum brake spindles.
My stock spindles are from an O.E. disc brake car? Plus my spindles don't even look like the picture, my Boss is not "bumped" out.
http://www.classicperform.com/Instructions/PDF/6472WBK-13.pdf
I guess here is the real question
1: Can I just grind an 1/8th of an inch off that spindle tell the bracket fits?
2: If not do I need to buy a new spindle?
3: If I have to buy a new spindle might as well go for broke and by the ATS tall spindles will my CPP brakes work with those spindles?
Thanks in advance!
David
1968 Camaro in many pieces