After a lot of wrestling I have finished installing the calipers and rotors on the Fiat. Some of my major issues were putting the wrong caliper bracket bolts on the front end. They are longer than the front so they touched the rotor. That obviously wouldn't do. A few other issues I had dealt with placement of the caliper bracket springs as well as getting the wedges positioned in the right place. It turned out I need to use a bit more elbow grease to get them on. I also learned that assembling your caliper bracket, caliper and pads on the work bench is the easiest. Once that is done, you can slip the whole unit over the rotor and bolt it on the car. Here are some photos for you to enjoy. You can see the assembly on the bench as well as on the car. Now it is time to clean up the garage, pull the car out into the driveway and order some extra hose to finish off the brake system. Stay tuned.
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Just got my invoice from IAP. I've got LOTS of hoses coming, calipers and more. Hopefully will get the fuel line assembled this week, get the calipers installed. Unfortunately I have to wait a few weeks for the reservoir to master cylinder hoses to come in. I'm pretty bummed about that, but it's not like I don't have other things to do. It'd be nice to get the brake system working though, so I can pull it out of the garage to work on it if needed. Or to clean it.
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