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Subject: [TR] Brake Caliper Clearance
From: tony at tonydrews.com (Tony Drews)
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:39:30 -0500
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Sam, either solution will work - shim the caliper so that it's more 
centered or just have the pad shaved a little so it will go in.

Tony Drews

At 12:14 AM 11/4/2011, Sam Clark wrote:
>Tonight I was replacing my front brake pads to a higher performance version in
>preparation for a track day and encountered problems with  the RH side.  I
>attempted to do this in situ.  LH side went well with the shims and pads going
>in ok.  LH side has been problematic.  The outer pad falls in but the inner
>one won't go in.  Took the caliper off and manually pushed the pistons in.
>That didn't help.  Upon closer inspection, the caliper is not centered with
>the rotor.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Should I shim the caliper to
>gain clearance?  It needs to be moved to the center of the car.  This is on a
>'72 TR6.  Should I just have a brake shop take off .010 of the pad and be done
>with it?
>
>TIA
>Sam Clark

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