Bent Caliper Bracket

[spray004]

I dirt track race my 1G. I the past 4 or 5 races I've bent two right rear caliper brackets. I don't use my brakes while going into the corners and I havent been hit. Do 1G's have a problem with bending caliper brackets? They are bending enough that the RR caliper is starting to drag on the rotor.

 

[92AWDHX40]

I never had a problem with that in the years of owning dsms sounds like something else isnt right if it happened before.

 

[Backinajiffy12]

make sure you are putting the pins in the proper hole. I didnt one time and I bent an front one. not saying its the problem but thats what mine was.

 

[spray004]

Correction, the bracket didnt bend this time, the upper pin that the caliper pivots when you change the pads out bent...

 

[Backinajiffy12]

make sure they are being put back in the correct hole....same thing happened to me. except mine snapped while I was driving

 

[spray004]

make sure they are being put back in the correct hole....same thing happened to me. except mine snapped while I was driving

The pin goes on the top side?

 

[jtmcinder]

If I'm reading this thread correctly, the claim is that putting stuff in the wrong hole can make you end up bent. I'm delighted to hear this, too, because the length of my index fingers and the direction of my hair-swirl had me a tad worried, happy marriage and two kids not-withstanding.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.