calipers rubbing wheels
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calipers rubbing wheels
Changed my pads and rotors in my 2012 f150 5.0 and now the caliper grinds the wheel. Yes I put the pads on right, yes there are new clips, yes stock wheels, and yes it's the caliper rubbing away when wheel. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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Only time I had this issue on my 2001 one of the bolts came out of the caliper and it would get pushed out against the rim, did not catch it in time(didn't make a noise) and it cut a ring and eventually punctured the rim. Oddly enough there didn't seem to be any loss of braking, granted it was on the rear.
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other threads from other brands say it either the bolts that hold the actual caliber are bad or it’s the wheel bearings. I’m leaning on wheel bearing since I have changed my breaks tons of times and these bolts are good
what did you find out?
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You posted in a 5 year old thread. The OP has not been here since 2018.
Your issue is not the same. The OP's is the brake caliper rubbing the rim. Yours is the tire rubbing the fender well. Kind of sounds like your suspension is broken or bent, if only one tire is rubbing and the gap is different side-to-side. Probably have better luck starting a new thread with a proper title.
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Your issue is not the same. The OP's is the brake caliper rubbing the rim. Yours is the tire rubbing the fender well. Kind of sounds like your suspension is broken or bent, if only one tire is rubbing and the gap is different side-to-side. Probably have better luck starting a new thread with a proper title.
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calipers rubbing wheels
Yes my calipers are rubbing the wheel.
other threads from other car brands say it either the bolts that hold the actual caliber are bad or it’s the wheel bearings. I’m leaning on wheel bearing since I have changed my breaks tons of times and these bolts are good.
other threads from other car brands say it either the bolts that hold the actual caliber are bad or it’s the wheel bearings. I’m leaning on wheel bearing since I have changed my breaks tons of times and these bolts are good.
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im having this same issue. It arised after I got new tires. I thought that I needed new breaks since it only happened when I hit the breaks. Then it got worst. I replaced the breaks and it’s still sounds bad. That’s when I noticed the rub on the wheel well. The gap on the right side is way tighter than the left.
other threads from other brands say it either the bolts that hold the actual caliber are bad or it’s the wheel bearings. I’m leaning on wheel bearing since I have changed my breaks tons of times and these bolts are good
what did you find out?
other threads from other brands say it either the bolts that hold the actual caliber are bad or it’s the wheel bearings. I’m leaning on wheel bearing since I have changed my breaks tons of times and these bolts are good
what did you find out?