brakes touching LCA

[evil R34]

hi i got ek with k-swap with the eg crossmember and LCA's and i put buddy club p1 4 piston front calipers(come off an eg) with 300mm slotted rotors on and now wen i turn the rotor touches the LCA and is grinding away wen the car is on a hoist or the wheels are off the ground there is a 7mm gap between the rotor and the LCA but when its on the ground its barely 1mm i cant figure out which part is moving the LCA or the hub. any advice any1 could offer or any tests i could do to figure it out would b much appreciated thanks alot

[e240]

If the rotors are touching the LCA. something is wrong. Don't drive it.
are the offsets on the rotor's correct to begin with?

[evil R34]

im not 100% sure the are the correct offset but the rotors are traveling through the center of the calipers and it has all come off an eg civic and that didnt hav the problem

[e240]

can you post up pics of what it looks like?

[evil R34]

i will take a couple tomorrow cos i dont have any that r small enough to post

[evil R34]

for some reason i cant post pics

[vinnY]

head to imageshack.us, the website can resize it for you

[NSPYRE]

bit off topic but noticed ur from canberra :) didnt kno there were and k-swap cars down here

[SPEEDCORE]

Jesus.. I've seen the threaded part of the lower ball joint get grinded down on the inside edge of a rotor on a honda... but the actual LCA making contact :S

I was not aware of Buddy Club making a big brake kit either...

[evil R34]

bit off topic but noticed ur from canberra :) didnt kno there were and k-swap cars down here


yea man i seen u getting around haha nice teg :)

[evil R34]

Jesus.. I've seen the threaded part of the lower ball joint get grinded down on the inside edge of a rotor on a honda... but the actual LCA making contact :S

I was not aware of Buddy Club making a big brake kit either...



me either i got it off jdmyard

[SPEEDCORE]

So you got some pics for us?

[evil R34]

any1 got any ideas wat could b causing it??????

[evil R34]

still trying to up load them wen i copy the url it just puts the code in the text box no pic

[evil R34]

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[e240]

Looks to me like your rotors sit too far inside.

Maybe you can try increasing Neg Camber... :-p

[evil R34]

but that doesnt eplain y it goes from such a large gap to nothing

[evil R34]

or y it only rubs wen i turn

[e240]

The only way to really tell is to look at it when you're turning. Does it touch when you're at full lock while stationary?

The other guess I can venture without actually seeing it is that incorrect camber may be part of it, or as the suspension moves up and down, camber changes therefore hitting.
Maybe your LCA bushing is worn or the bolt is loose allowing the LCA to move? Happened to me once, the captive nut in the Front cross member to the LCA bolt broke off and the front LCA was just wobbling all over the place especially when cornering.

Check to see all your suspension bolts are tightened up.

Your best best is to try and simulate the movements while stationary and see what the components are doing.

[evil R34]

its got 1.43 deg negative camber and it doesnt touch wen full lock stationary only wen moving

[SPEEDCORE]

So just to clear up.....

You have an EK with EG X-member + EG LCAs?

And everything was hunky dory until you did the big brake upgrade on the front? Or was everything in place and working fine for a while then almost overnight this issue occured?

[evil R34]

So just to clear up.....

You have an EK with EG X-member + EG LCAs?

And everything was hunky dory until you did the big brake upgrade on the front? Or was everything in place and working fine for a while then almost overnight this issue occured?


ek with eg x-member and LCAs was all fine with standard ek brakes then put big brake kit on then rubbing started and yes on the front

[evil R34]

only rubs on turning past half rotation of steering wheel (standard steering wheel fitted) so standard lock also hav eg steering rack

[evil R34]

finally figured out both knuckles were bent (dam wreckers)

[vinnY]

doh bad go man
i got some replacements if you're interested off an ek4 :p

[STiR]

Let's have some pics of the calipers please!