RidgeRunnerXJ
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Which track bar brace is that? RE?
I fabbed it up myself. The tracbar set up is from TnT, I added 1" to the bottom of the bracket and redrilled the hole 1" lower to eliminate some bumpsteer from my old setup. I added the brace to help with the added force on the bracket since I moved the mount farther from "frame".
I think something people need to realize, is just because you are able to fit the caliper over the rotor and bolt it to the knuckle, does NOT mean that you didn't need any spacers. As some people have mentioned before, even with brand new pads, your calipers will allow for a little bit of left/right float. Meaning, your caliper sliders will slide to adjust for your incorrect offset.
Honestly, this isn't a big deal. The only time this will become a real issue is if you run your pads very low, and you overextend your caliper float in one direction. Then you could run into the situation where only one pad is applying pressure to the rotor. You'd get really bad braking performance and pontially damage your rotor.
I for one, when I do this swap I will try my best to space the caliper properly. I won't fret too much about being absolutely perfect though, down to the hundreth of an inch. That's just silly.
I agree 100%. Mine were almost perfectly centered with no spacers. If I had used a spacer it would have been less than 1/16". IIRC there was less than 1/8", if that much, clearance on either side of the caliper bracket so there is not much room for error there.
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