Wheels rubbing on brakes

[TRDyota]

Alright, so my trail rims don't clear the brake calipers in the front. They rub slightly. So, I have two options:

1) Grind a little off the rims, or

2) Find some .25" spacers to stick in there.

Anyone have any experience on this?

I would prefer to just stick a spacer in there. Discount Tire guy siad I could probably find something like that on summit. The rims I am running are the plain black steel ones. The back brakes are drums, so clearance there is not an issue.

Thanks

[Doug Krebs]

third option, grind brake caliper... lots of people do it.

[BigRedFord04]

i also say grind the caliper. i'm one who did it......grind the rims.....wtf are you thinkin'??

[usmcagg02]

grind the rims.....wtf are you thinkin'??

i have to agree this sounds like a darwin award waiting to happen

[TRDyota]

where in Virginia are you? went through there on my to NY.

[stx4wheeler]

thats weird that discount recomended the spaces from summit, they told me that they wont work on vehicles with that type of spacer when i was gonna put them on my moms tj. damn yank's dont take pride in there work like the southern canadians

[Sharpe]

Modifying rims is illegal if an inspector notices it wont pass inspection (I know you said trail rims but just throwing that out there)

[usmcagg02]

where in Virginia are you? went through there on my to NY.

quantico, its about 45 min south of dc just off of 95

[TRDyota]

damn yank's dont take pride in there work like the southern canadians

Swing and a miss bud...the discount tire was in Houston.

[usmcagg02]

i didnt even realize you said trail rim. that makes it seem like an even bigger risk to grind the rims to me. you wanna take a piece of metal that is supposed to help hold air in your tire and try to grind enough that it will fit but not too much so that it wont break while off roading or loose its ability to hold air?

[Mud King]

when i went to put my new front rims on they wouldnt fit, caliper would hit the 30 lbs of weights used to balance the wheel, finally had to grind the calipers after i drove it and they ripped all the weights off.

[TRDyota]

quantico, its about 45 min south of dc just off of 95

Oh, well I was on 81 the entire time, so I wasn't all that close to ya.

[TRDyota]

i didnt even realize you said trail rim. that makes it seem like an even bigger risk to grind the rims to me. you wanna take a piece of metal that is supposed to help hold air in your tire and try to grind enough that it will fit but not too much so that it wont break while off roading or loose its ability to hold air?

Not grinding that part of the rim. I would be grinding it on the "windows" or spokes or whatever you want to call em. So if I were to grind the calipers, it would be on the outside of em, not the upper edge.

[BigRedFord04]

turns out thats still not a good idea....probably worse since you'd be taking away structural integrity. grind the calipers or get new rims.

[TRDyota]

yessir, I'll do it whenever it warms up. If it ever warms up. I just hope that I don't get a flat up front between now and then, or I'll be screwed. Granted, I hope I don't EVER get a flat, but if I must have one, I hope its in the rear.

[BigRedFord04]

okey silly dilly dokey-o....i'm an idiot.

[TRDyota]

okey silly dilly dokey-o....i'm an idiot.

???

[BigRedFord04]

no idea....just enjoying the hangover

its a line in super troopers

[TRDyota]

oh...my bad

[jerryg79]

okey silly dilly dokey-o....i'm an idiot.

it is, time to stop, now mack?

[uglyota]

I've got a pair of 1/4" (maybe they're 3/8") spacers I can hook you up with

[TRDyota]

I've got a pair of 1/4" (maybe they're 3/8") spacers I can hook you up with

Eric, that would be awesome. If you don't mind, I would really appreciate it.

[jwingfield2k]

http://www.coloradok5.com/d60calipergrind.shtml

Ran across this today, heres a write up on doing on a D60, hopefully this could help.

[Shaggy]

what do you need to read anything for... just pull out the grinder and use it till they fit