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rarner
01-12-2013, 02:21 PM
Possibly a dumb question here, but after installing AWD rear brakes (with the spacers) on my TJ I now get lots of tyre scrubbing when it never scrubbed before. Would the wheels now be sitting a bit wider which would explain the scrubbing on the rear guards? I do have it sitting very low on coilovers

Madmagna
01-12-2013, 02:29 PM
You have installed the AWD rear brakes and you have installed the spacers so of course your wheels will sit out further, 3.7mm each side to be exact

rarner
01-12-2013, 02:30 PM
Ah ok, thought the spacers just made up for a lack of depth in the rotor or something. Makes sense cheers

MadMax
01-12-2013, 02:56 PM
I do have it sitting very low on coilovers

Crank it up until you get rid of the scrubbing?

Skapper
01-12-2013, 03:54 PM
How do these spacers affect the operation of the hand brake? You know, the handbrake drum surfaces vs' the handbrake pad surface? It obviously works, but still, no issues with abnormal handbrake shoe/pad wear?

Madmagna
01-12-2013, 07:23 PM
As the spacers move the rotors out and then the wheel sits on the face of the rotor the wheels move out with it all

OZVERADA
02-12-2013, 06:19 PM
Not robbing this thread, does anyone have a drawing of exactly what, this spacer is. Wondering if I can get them laser cut at work? Is it just a flat disc with holes? Anyone got the details?

Skapper
02-12-2013, 07:00 PM
Not robbing this thread, does anyone have a drawing of exactly what, this spacer is. Wondering if I can get them laser cut at work? Is it just a flat disc with holes? Anyone got the details?

I'm guessing that's what it is, where I'm lost is it between the disc and hub or between the disc and the wheel?

A 3mm odd spacer between the wheel and disc I can understand, that would be something you could cut easily enough. I've seen spacer that have studs in them, huge offset, not sure what they're for.

rarner
02-12-2013, 07:12 PM
The spacer just looks like this, but has a small incline on the inside lip to match the inside of the rotor. It sits between the hub and rotor.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQY4newThwiE0CaxHnf2rVGTnfouMUkI 20Dy0AQL6Z39fyH-5LR