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gsn0526 · 06-16-2009, 09:11 PM

i put the 300zx brake upgrade with all new pads and rotors, rebuilt calipers on the on my 92 coupe and when i went to go drive it i noticed that it felt like the front brakes were sticking i look at my rotors and there is a deep scratch on the very outside(last five millimeters of the rotor face) of the rotor like it had been rubbing the caliper totally screwed up 2 brand new rotors has anyone ran into this problem? have any info on a mistake i might have made?

OptionZero · 06-16-2009, 10:12 PM

look at the pads

u probably installed them incorrectly

gsn0526 · 06-17-2009, 10:36 AM

the pads hang how can you install them incorrectly, basically only one way to install them

94_240sx · 06-17-2009, 10:42 AM

I gotta ask this. How pistons get retracted or they never get retracted and stay there?

HYPNOTIK · 06-17-2009, 11:18 AM

How long ago were the calipers rebuilt and who rebuilt them? You?

OBEEWON · 06-17-2009, 11:48 AM

Def sounds put together wrong, did you install all the clips and hardware?

slider2828 · 06-17-2009, 01:50 PM

Fuck it, take pictures.... no more speculation lol...

06-16-2009, 09:11 PM	#1
gsn0526 Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: greensboro north carolina Posts: 115 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	brake problem i put the 300zx brake upgrade with all new pads and rotors, rebuilt calipers on the on my 92 coupe and when i went to go drive it i noticed that it felt like the front brakes were sticking i look at my rotors and there is a deep scratch on the very outside(last five millimeters of the rotor face) of the rotor like it had been rubbing the caliper totally screwed up 2 brand new rotors has anyone ran into this problem? have any info on a mistake i might have made?

06-17-2009, 11:18 AM	#5
HYPNOTIK Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pisa, Italy Posts: 700 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	How long ago were the calipers rebuilt and who rebuilt them? You? __________________

06-17-2009, 11:48 AM	#6
OBEEWON Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hightened State of Emergency Posts: 6,053 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Def sounds put together wrong, did you install all the clips and hardware? __________________

06-17-2009, 01:50 PM	#7
slider2828 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 6,040 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	Fuck it, take pictures.... no more speculation lol... __________________ Turn and Burn!

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06-16-2009, 10:12 PM	#2
OptionZero Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 41 Posts: 6,263 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: OptionZero Feedback Score: 2 reviews	look at the pads u probably installed them incorrectly

06-17-2009, 10:36 AM	#3
gsn0526 Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: greensboro north carolina Posts: 115 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the pads hang how can you install them incorrectly, basically only one way to install them

06-17-2009, 10:42 AM	#4
94_240sx Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: TX Posts: 686 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	I gotta ask this. How pistons get retracted or they never get retracted and stay there?