"Vince" > wrote in message
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> Hi everyone. I needed to change my rear rotors and pads. I did my
> fronts about 2 to 3 years ago and there were no big problems like this
> one I'm encountering with my rears.
>
> The caliper is a one piston(on the inner) with stationery pad on the
> outside. After replacing the inner pad and rotor, I put back the
> caliper assembly and if I tighten everything up to the way it was
> before, the outside pad(still the original, not replaced) is pressing
> hard on the rotor, so hard that the rotor hardly turns.
>
> I don't understand this, the new rotor looks like in form just like
> the old one, but who knows maybe it's one millimeter off somewhere?
> Any ideas or ways to rectify this is appreciated.
>
> I don't think this matters but my car is a '93 dodge stealth FWD. The
> caliper is your typical one piston on the inner type, nothing special
> it seems.
>
> TIA
>
> Vince
Is the piston manually-adjustable (screws in by hand, usually) to gain
the clearance needed for new rotor thickness? Otherwise, the em. brake may
require loosening the adjustment as it has compensated over the years for
the wear occurring. HTH, s