[s-cars] How Much Caliper Clearance?

[LL - NY]

Same situation here. As I said, just about enough radial space to fit a
credit card through the Big Blacks and the Avus wheels. So far, no problems,
but makes me cringe whenever I have to hit a dirt or gravel road.

LL - NY

On 11/21/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> My tightest clearance isn't in the direction that spacers would help.  It
> is
> in the radial direction, if you will.  As the wheel goes around the inner
> circle formed by the wheel is only about 0.1 inches from the corner of the
> caliper.
>
> --Calvin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Steve Powers
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:56 PM
> To: Taka Mizutani
> Cc: Audi S Car List
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] How Much Caliper Clearance?
>
>
> ditto to what Taka said. you want some clearance in there or else...
>
> I went with H&R spacers - 8 mm I think. easy solution.
>
> Steve Powers
>
> On Nov 21, 2007 5:35 AM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't think it will necessarily cause a problem, but I have seen what
> > happens when a rock or other debris gets stuck in the wheel with that
> little
> > clearance- the caliper gets gouged and the wheel and caliper get really
> > ugly.
> >
> > My Volvo has huge brakes, but the clearances are more like 5-10mm in
> every
> > direction. I have not seen OEM brakes with less than that in terms of
> > clearance, but I am not an expert, this is merely conjecture. I can't
> say
> > whether or not it's safe/unsafe, etc.
> >
> > You could always get 18" snows. :-)
> >
> > Taka
> >
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