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Offline thelincolnguy

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85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« on: June 27, 2016, 12:01:19 PM »
hello i have an 85 camper special with pin type caliper spindles. bought the truck with no front brakes and bought new brake rotors/ pads/ bearings/ calipers. calipers fit without the pads but when trying to install pads it seems as if the pads or rotor  are too thick. even tried the 3/4 ton truck pads still not fitting. can post pic if needed. thanks!!
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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2016, 06:36:36 PM »
are the pistons in the calipers compressed? if they are extended they can cause what you seem to be describing
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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2016, 11:50:12 AM »
yes they are brand new calipers with the pistons fully compressed.
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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2016, 11:53:04 AM »
They apparently make 2 different sets of calipers/rotor sets for the dually, so the parts guy probably screwed up and gave you the thicker rotors, but the calipers for the thinner rotors. Is your rotor about an inch and a half wide?

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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2016, 03:24:36 PM »
Yes rotor is exactly 1.5. And truck has the pin type caliper mounting. Had slide spindle on one side when i bouthg it. But i found another pin type spindle and installed
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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2016, 09:09:54 PM »
I realize I wrote dually, I meant 1 ton, but my brothers 86 was the same way, I'll try to find the part numbers for the rotor changes and caliper changes


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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2016, 08:06:38 PM »
Ok. Thank you!!
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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2016, 01:09:38 PM »
what am i missing? it should have the shim type for the dana 60 which should be on most 1 tons. take some pictures if you dont mind
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Re: 85 chevy crew cab 1 ton brakes not fitting.
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2016, 08:01:16 AM »
Ok tim give me a couple days to take pics as i am moving currently
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