Rear legacy SS brakes and the headache that comes with them
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:46 pm
Ok so as you know the legacy SS rear brake setup is unique to it's model and the V1 STi only. This makes it a huge pain when it comes to replacements. So here is my problem, I ordered parts from rock auto for brakes all around.
front calipers, rear calipers and rear ebrake shoes and hardware. The fronts went up w/o issue. The rear brakes however have given me endless troubles. First the ebrake hardware doesn't all fit properly, the starwheel is too large and when it is installed the shoes are pushed outwards too far to get the rotor on.
So I decide to have no ebrake until I can get the proper adjuster wheel, so I install the rotor and go to mount the bracket and it doesn't fit. it is too narrow and will never fit over the larger vented rotor.I thought about using the old bracket with the new caliper but my guess is that the caliper is probably too small also....
I am about to go buy some NA solid rotors and use those and call it a day....unless anyone knows where to get the correct caliper/bracket that isn't the dealer....This SHOULD have been an easy bolt n' go affair but it has been a monumental pain..any help is appreciated but if I don't get the correct parts I will be downgrading to the shitty wafer thing NA rotors in the rear
front calipers, rear calipers and rear ebrake shoes and hardware. The fronts went up w/o issue. The rear brakes however have given me endless troubles. First the ebrake hardware doesn't all fit properly, the starwheel is too large and when it is installed the shoes are pushed outwards too far to get the rotor on.
So I decide to have no ebrake until I can get the proper adjuster wheel, so I install the rotor and go to mount the bracket and it doesn't fit. it is too narrow and will never fit over the larger vented rotor.I thought about using the old bracket with the new caliper but my guess is that the caliper is probably too small also....
I am about to go buy some NA solid rotors and use those and call it a day....unless anyone knows where to get the correct caliper/bracket that isn't the dealer....This SHOULD have been an easy bolt n' go affair but it has been a monumental pain..any help is appreciated but if I don't get the correct parts I will be downgrading to the shitty wafer thing NA rotors in the rear