Ok so got almost everything for my brake setup, c5 calipers that came without any bolts/etc and the f-body caliper brackets, which came with the caliper bolts to attach to the spindle.
Ok here are two pictures
alrighty, so i understand you tighten the outter bolt so the caliper is now attached to the bracket. Now the LONG bolt that goes into the bracket, is that supposed to slide and not be actually bolted to the caliper bracket? If I'm understanding things right it is supposed to slide, and when everything is installed its not like the caliper is going to slide out, like it can now cause there are no pads and rotor under it holding it within the bracket.
Basically I just want to understand that I have all the parts I need and that that really long caliper pin is not bolted to anything, it just slides with the deflection because of how a floating caliper works..
Oh and for giggles, here is the 2 piece rotor in the c5 caliper with pads and also how the f-body pads look and how much surface/pad ratio you get... they fit awesome and the pad is like a 98% fit over the rotor surface!
The hopefully correct hat is going to come tomorrow, damn fedex for lying to me, should have been here today, but as you can see I have a wheel and a complete hub/spindle in my room for a mock up to make sure everything fits, if that is good to go, sending the caliper and bracket out to powder coating and hopefully a test fit and test run and keep the whole damn thing on the car. God this makes me so excited, really hope this works out and what it will bring to the w-body community!
Ok here are two pictures
alrighty, so i understand you tighten the outter bolt so the caliper is now attached to the bracket. Now the LONG bolt that goes into the bracket, is that supposed to slide and not be actually bolted to the caliper bracket? If I'm understanding things right it is supposed to slide, and when everything is installed its not like the caliper is going to slide out, like it can now cause there are no pads and rotor under it holding it within the bracket.
Basically I just want to understand that I have all the parts I need and that that really long caliper pin is not bolted to anything, it just slides with the deflection because of how a floating caliper works..
Oh and for giggles, here is the 2 piece rotor in the c5 caliper with pads and also how the f-body pads look and how much surface/pad ratio you get... they fit awesome and the pad is like a 98% fit over the rotor surface!
The hopefully correct hat is going to come tomorrow, damn fedex for lying to me, should have been here today, but as you can see I have a wheel and a complete hub/spindle in my room for a mock up to make sure everything fits, if that is good to go, sending the caliper and bracket out to powder coating and hopefully a test fit and test run and keep the whole damn thing on the car. God this makes me so excited, really hope this works out and what it will bring to the w-body community!
