This picture clearly illustrates the gap betweent he spindle and the caliper backing plate. After I machined a set of spacers to fill this gap I also had to machine the head of the bolts used at this location because they did not have adequate clearance and had made contact with the brake rotors in the past.
One of the first issues I ran into while installing this kit is the front spindles are offset on top about 1/2". This may be because the vehicle already had aftermarket front brakes and when I installed the new spindles the top bolt was offset. I'm not sure if this was a factory setting or not but a work around was easily overcome by the use of some custom machined spacers between the backing plate and the spindle.
This is the hole that is offset 1/2" to the rear.
Here is a side shot of the same hole that is offset to the rear.
Here you can see the entire spindle installed and the top bolt location.
This picture clearly illustrates the gap betweent he spindle and the caliper backing plate. After I machined a set of spacers to fill this gap I also had to machine the head of the bolts used at this location because they did not have adequate clearance and had made contact with the brake rotors in the past.
One of the first issues I ran into while installing this kit is the front spindles are offset on top about 1/2". This may be because the vehicle already had aftermarket front brakes and when I installed the new spindles the top bolt was offset. I'm not sure if this was a factory setting or not but a work around was easily overcome by the use of some custom machined spacers between the backing plate and the spindle.
This is the hole that is offset 1/2" to the rear.
Here is a side shot of the same hole that is offset to the rear.
Here you can see the entire spindle installed and the top bolt location.
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