i have an 88 2wdat to 4wd 5spd conversion sedan, although it has been converted to 4wd it has 88 front suspensions.

 

i have a set of rims that are rubbing on the front calipers. these rims came from an 86 sedan. so does that mean there is a difference in size between 86 and 88 front calipers? at first i thought maybe one of the caliper bolts were parted out but its all there like it should be.

 

they rub on the caliper like i have observerved ea81 wagon wheels on an 88 dl wagon

 

so does this mean also that ea81 wagon rims will fit on 86 ea82?

 

one observation that i have made between an 87 gl-10 and an 88 spfi wagons, i had swapped a caliper from the 88 to the gl 10 and noticed that one of them has 2 bolts that hold the parking brake cable support and the other had one bolt

I bought a set of rims with tires for my '86 EA-82 and ran them fine for 6 months. Then I did a brake job with new pads and all of a sudden the rims hit the calipers. Turns out I had ea-81 rims, they cleared because my pads were worn and thin. Any chance the '86 sedan was running EA-81 rims?

new pads = EA81 rims will rub

 

old pads = EA81 rims will not rub

 

 

New pads + two 1/2" washers = EA81 rims will not rub

Post a picture of the wheel in question, front and isometric view please.

the nifty junkyard rims i got off a junkyard suby

had welds on the inside of the rim that where hitting the brake calipers on the front

soo after i put em on a drove happily away from the junkyard i got a nice

thunk

thunk thunk

thunk

 

so on the side of te road i pulled the front tire off

and filed down the welds a tiny bit

and no more thunk

well i may have to swap out the wheels with the rx, the rx has knuckles from an 86 wagonthe wheels on the sedan now are from an 86 ea82, silver rims, i should find a set of black rims to use. i do notice the rims on the car are more dished than what im used to, but they are also original to the 86 sedan they came from

 

yes, the sedan has newer brake pds

i have an 88 2wdat to 4wd 5spd conversion sedan, although it has been converted to 4wd it has 88 front suspensions.

 

i have a set of rims that are rubbing on the front calipers. these rims came from an 86 sedan. so does that mean there is a difference in size between 86 and 88 front calipers? at first i thought maybe one of the caliper bolts were parted out but its all there like it should be.

 

they rub on the caliper like i have observerved ea81 wagon wheels on an 88 dl wagon

 

so does this mean also that ea81 wagon rims will fit on 86 ea82?

 

one observation that i have made between an 87 gl-10 and an 88 spfi wagons, i had swapped a caliper from the 88 to the gl 10 and noticed that one of them has 2 bolts that hold the parking brake cable support and the other had one bolt

Hey Miles,

 

My daily driver right now is an '88 GL 4WD wagon. I bought an '86 GL-10 wagon that came with a regular steel wheel as a spare. At first glance the wheel looked identical to the other steel wheels I have but after looking closer it's not.

 

When I first put this wheel on the '88 it slightly rubbed on the tie rod end and I just drove it like that until it clearanced itself. In the last month it got pretty noisey again to the point where I took it off last week.

 

To use a line:Something's happening here, what it is, ain't exactly clear. At least to me.

 

Later