Paul Simmer said: (quoted from post at 03:47:09 04/06/12) My son in law picked up a 2001 Caravan. Was a stolen recovery, salvage title because of that supposedly. He is unable to get parts to fit it based on the year, make, and model. First was front brakes. For some reason, the rotors rub on the calipers. At an auto parts store, they tried every rotor they had for every year of Caravan, never did find any to fit. (16 inch wheels). Same with new calipers. He was down to trying to grind a little out of the calipers to allow the rotors to work with it when the brakes are applied. They only rub with the brakes are used. Front struts are bad, he can't get any of them to fit based on year, make, or model either. Even the dealer can't provide parts that fit. Has anyone ever run into anything like this before?
My first thought is it has the wrong hub's (hub & bearing assy.) I have seen this with replacement hubs but don't zackly remember what vehicle... Their may be a difference tween 14 and 15" rims with the hub/brake parts :idea:
As generic as that front end is I spec allot of mix and matching could happen... I have swapped out complete van front ends to cars local folks use on mail RT's...
I don't think I would go with the grinder for a fix... I would use the engineers fix and find the correct combination...
This post was edited by Hobo,NC at 18:39:33 04/05/12.
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