I have a 91 fox body, that I need to start a thread on. It has seen better days, but hopefully we are better owners than the last. I put new rotors on the front. This model requires taking it down to the spindle and pulling the bearings out. I chose to reuse the bearings. The car rides and stops great, but on full lock the inner tire rubs on the frame. I may have slightly oversized tires, but they were on the car before. I bought the parts from rock auto and at the moment can't remember the manufacturer.
Any ideas?
If all you did was replace the rotors and other brake parts then the rotors may be at fault. Do you still have the old ones? Compare the height of the "hat" part of the rotors. Are they the same? If they are then I've got nothing.
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MegaDork
6/24/20 10:03 a.m.
In reply to jimbbski :
^^^what he said. How close were you before?
OK, I'll c heck. I forgot to even check them before I put them on. The job was delayed for months, that's my excuse for not checking!
A 1/16" will make these cars rub at full lock. Your "oversized tires" do not help the situation on a poorly assembled car from the factory.
It's possible that the inner bearing doesn't fit the spindle correctly and isn't seated all the way but I really doubt it. I don't think the brakes would assemble correctly if that were the case. It's more likely that, as others have suggested, the rotor hat is thicker on the replacement parts.
Is it possible that you increased negative camber when reassembling? More negative camber would tilt the tops in more and make it closer to the structure and strut.
Unless you loosened the spindle to the strut, you shouldn't have changed the camber on the wheel. The mounting surface could be thicker as others have suggested, or the bearings not seating as much as previously. You can buy steering gear shims that prevent the wheels turning as much. They are about 1/4" thick and just snap over the steering rod easily. They are under the boot at the end of the steering gear, and don't take very long to install. Probably one per side would be enough to prevent the contact. The gear normally comes with one installed, so adding a 2nd should fix it. I have 2 per side on my Foxbody due to the large tires I run.
