wanted to know what is the purpose of the caliper carrier bar? Ive notice many calipers don't even have this.
anyhow this is the part that is slightly hitting the back of my front wheel. cant use spacers do to the offset


http://www.sn95source.com/topic/4659...-thread/page-2


http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...e-caliper.html

 

I've shaved them without any issues stopping at a trap speed of 170mph. I had to shave the actual part that holds the pad as well.

 

You can get away with SHAVING a few mm, not eliminating

 

found the info. you can shave and you can also just cut off the carrier bar without any issues.

can provide links for anyone interested

 

Please do post the link.

 

VWVortex.com - Default shaving/cutting calipers to fit wheels

 

"Go ahead and cut off the front bar. It's really just there for manufacturing. When the bracket is being machined, the two rails that the pads ride on are broached. The cross bar keeps the bracket from twisting into a pretzel while being broached.

The brackets without the front bar are machined differently, so they don't need the cross bar.

I used to engineer brakes, and we went through lots of projects and tons of effort to design brakes without the cross bar, and re-design the cross bar off of products that already had one. It would save a lot of weight, reduce material cost and also make the pattern layouts easier at the casting foundry."