I want to change the brake pads and rotors on my 1990 E30, but the rotor has a lip around the outside of it(guessing they have not been changed in a long time, if ever) that won’t allow me to remove the caliper because I can’t get the pads over it. Any ideas what I can do next?
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Couple of options:
1. (assuming you already took out the bolts holding the calipers) Pull the caliper hard against the rotor. Then try taking it off. What you're trying to do is by pushing the caliper you're pushing on the brake pad which in turn retracts the piston.
2. If you're definitely throwing away the old rotor, just take a file or a grinder to the lip.
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Ahhhhh.........have you pushed the pistons back into the calipers yet? You should have loads of room.Originally posted by codyep3I hope to Christ you have looks going for you, because you sure as fuck don't have any intelligence.
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Girling caliper continued
Soooo, was able to remove caliper by swing the caliper up and out of the way. Was under the mis-impression I could remove everything as a unit by removing the 17 mm bolts. Wrong, I needed to pivot the caliper first to remove the pads, then removed the carrier. Thanks to everyone for you input.
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