Printable Version of Topic

Posted by: 914Sixer Jun 19 2024, 05:50 PM

Sent pictures, told "not service effecting, only cosmetic". Looks like it will hit. Options given, repair myself or return. Mostly annoyed.


Attached thumbnail(s)

Posted by: Montreal914 Jun 19 2024, 06:17 PM

Yeah, that's really off. Those look freshly anodized, as if they werent in the original assembly...

I remenber playing with that when I rebuilt mine and the best I could do as far as alignment was this (pictures below). OK, but not great, especially second picture .

Now how to refinish them... I would like the aluminum S look. Was actually thinking about powder coating some kind of brushed aluminum finish...

Posted by: Krieger Jun 19 2024, 10:31 PM

Dang! Who did the work? It be easier and quicker to loosen the bolts, reposition the spacers and retorque rather than package and ship. I had to do this to a steel pair I sent out for restoration.

Posted by: Literati914 Jun 19 2024, 10:38 PM

Seriously? So, they're not able to get them back as they were before disassembly ? WTH! I'd be frickin' annoyed too.

-Not wrong

Posted by: Superhawk996 Jun 19 2024, 11:27 PM

You’re not wrong. But, this is Merica’ 2024.

Posted by: Montreal914 Jun 21 2024, 11:47 PM

If the holes in the spacer allows it. I did what the holes in mine allowed me to move and got the result in the picture... I remeber swapping some around too.

Posted by: Literati914 Jun 22 2024, 10:52 AM

Is this simply a matter of the spacer sections not being cast correctly/symmetrically and therefore requiring a need to get them back exactly where they were at before disassembly? - or maybe these guys inverted them or something?

I have a set I will rebuild eventually so I'm looking for the take away on this... maybe they should be scribed with a pinch (multi dot designations on both the spacer and caliper halves) before disassembling ?

.

Posted by: Literati914 Jun 23 2024, 10:02 AM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=3457 ^^ @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=12023 ^^

Gonna get my set done soon, what to look out for?