Grind calipers or hub?

[davesax36]

http://vmaxchat.yuku.com/topic/1406/Thundercat-front-wheel-fitting

read this !!

Hey, that's one of the threads I looked at way back in the beginning of this and totally forgot!

It seems like those guys just grind their own, but a couple have had them machined. I think it would be pretty straightforward to get them square using a bench grinder (the side face, not the curved part) but I do have the same concern jedi posted.

It's gonna be weeks at my buddy's shop until it goes in the queue...

 

[davesax36]

Dave, I have done that exact thing that you are looking at doing on my wife's bike. Had a machinist take about the same amount off the calipers.

Over 15,000 miles on the bike now with zero issues.

Mike

Cool. Now I just gotta find someone who can do it sooner rather than later.

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[one2dmax]

I think careful grinding would easily get you there. Though the goal is perfect centering of the caliper a little off one side or the other will be fine so long as the rotor clears the body of the caliper. The pistons will even things up. Even a slight off square will even out once the pads seat up.

I am betting the calipers are fairly cheap if anything happens where you need to start over.

 

[davesax36]

I got my calipers for $50. At least I'm getting to the $50/step part of this project. No more big spending.