Re: Sprint Star's hitting Caliper

["Paul German" <paul.german@sympatico.ca>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Yes I had this problem too.  As well I noticed that the caliper wasn't
centered on the rotor width.  IE at rest one pad was closer than the other.
I shimmed the claiper slightly which also fixed part of the clearance
problem.

To completely fix the clearance problem I carefully hand filed as little as
possible off the corner of that offending knob that is rubbing.  I didn't
want to go through the casting!  I didn't think it would work but even on
corners etc it dosn't rub.  My new painted rims have no marks on the inside.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <meanuplus2@earthlink.net>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: Sprint Star's hitting Caliper


> Has anyone experienced a problem with there wheels rubbing on the brake
> caliper, I have a 67 Squareback with Empi Sprint Stars and the new Varga
> caliper is 1/8 in to large for the wheels.  What should I do, any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
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