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1987 245 rear brake caliper rubbing on rotor 200

posted by  logsaysned on  Tue Jul 29 00:38 CST 2014
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Hi again, I'm in the midst of putting in new rotors and pads on all four wheels (had strong vibration in brake pedal and steering wheel when braking), and I ran into trouble on the last wheel. After putting a new rotor on the right rear wheel and re-bolting the caliper (ATE) back on, I noticed the caliper itself is rubbing on the rotor, metal on metal, and scoring my new rotor. It is the distal side of rotor/caliper than rubs. I cleaned the wheel hub before putting on the new rotor.

I understand you can use caliper shims to adjust the spacing of the caliper, but the shims can only move the caliper in a proximal direction (as I understand it), and I need it to go the other way. When I removed the old rotor on this wheel, I did notice that the spacing was off and it was very nearly making contact with the caliper, but enough of the rotor was worn away to just barely have clearance. Is there any way to move the caliper in the distal direction? Perhaps I can just do what the last guy did and leave it be until the rotor wears away a bit, but that is unsatisfying! The rubbing is minor enough that I can still hand-turn the hub with no wheel attached, but it definitely sticks more than the other wheels. Thanks!

(also, could this be a symptom of a bad wheel bearing? I don't get any bearing noise when i rotate the hub)

Colin
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1987 245dl w/ 367k miles






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