after putting new pads and rotors on my truck the wheels now rub the caliper bolts.

i even put the old pads in the caliper to see if the new ones were put together wrong but were the same.


any ideas, i have the 97 and up 15x8 wheels on the truck and they never rubbed before.

 

Try reseting the brakes. Press the pedal a few times to get the caliper set properly. They should clear. If not then you may have the wrong pads.

 

ill try and get them to set again but after doing it twice so far and still rubbing

 

Are they the correct calipers for your rig. There is a difference between 4WD and RWD calipers. Maybe they gave you the wrong ones by mistake?

 

i didnt replace the calipers using the same ones

its looks like i need a spacer since the caliper moves into the wheel with the new pads since they are thicker.

i put the old pads on and the caliper moves away from the wheel and misses the wheel by a hair

 

Oops! My bad. I read the post wrong. It was the rotors and pads you replaced

 

no problem

 

I had a similar problem.. only I had just swapped out for the newer style rims without doing any brake work. I just kept the original rims that my Dakota had.

 

i did a quick fix until i come up with some money to get some 16" mud terrains and 16" wheels.

i ground down the one side of each banjo bolt to get the clearance i needed to clear the wheels. its the last thing i wanted to do but i need to use the truck

 

I had the same problem when I put those wheels on my '92. I ended up having the inside of the rims machined out a hair and I also ground down the brake line bolt a little to get the clearance. I've been curious to know what other GenII owners have done to get the GenIII wheels to fit, specifically the 15x8's.