swisscheese Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 My 88 gl wagon's front pads were down to about 1/16" of friction material, so I got me a set of them thar new pads and new rotors. Put it all back together and now the calipers have "floated" outboard to the point that they scrape the stock 13" wheels. I put a washer over each wheel stud to space them out (about a 16th of an inch) and it is enough to relieve the scraping, but that is not a good fix, has this happened to anyone else, and what could I have done wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diluded000 Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 My 88 gl wagon's front pads were down to about 1/16" of friction material, so I got me a set of them thar new pads and new rotors. Put it all back together and now the calipers have "floated" outboard to the point that they scrape the stock 13" wheels. I put a washer over each wheel stud to space them out (about a 16th of an inch) and it is enough to relieve the scraping, but that is not a good fix, has this happened to anyone else, and what could I have done wrong? I had the same problem after replacing the disks and pads. I didn't measure the thickness of the disk, but suspect that the fine Chinese replacements I used are thicker than they are supposed to be. You might try painting the calipers then looking where paint gets rubbed off by the wheel; use an angle grinder to take off a little material at the rub points. I did this, and it worked for me. - James B '85 4WD DL wagon '01 2WD Nissan Frontier '95 Casita FD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisscheese Posted November 15, 2004 Author Share Posted November 15, 2004 That is a good idea I will give that a try tonite. New question, is it possible that I have EA-81 wheels? They are black steel 13x5 I think. When I got the car it had 8 spoke enkeis, not even close to a rubbing problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 You could have EA81 wheels on there, and maybe with the pads worn and the caliper farther in they didn't rub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbrat Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 check here.... differences http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/80s/wheels2/wagdiff.jpg ea82 style http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/80s/wheels2/wag8589.jpg ea81 style http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/80s/wheels2/wag84.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 i think snowman might be on to something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisscheese Posted November 15, 2004 Author Share Posted November 15, 2004 I'm gonna measure that backspacing today, and see if that is indeed the problem. Thanks for the input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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