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Re: Unexpected disk brake - wheel problem
This used to be real common when putting non factory wheels on disk brake cars in the early 70's or after we started swapping disk brakes to our trucks in the late 70's early 80's.
I've taken a grinder to the high spots on the caliper and rounded them off more than once, I have a pair of those same spacers hanging in the garage that were on the disk brakes on my 48 when I had it subframed. That means those are 41 years old.
The good thing is that all you need to have is enough clearance that the wheel doesn't hit the caliper, As the pads wear the caliper will move away from the wheel.
First step is follow Leegreens's advice and figure out how much space you need.
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48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six.
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