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I recently fitted the Crossbred Preformance Brake kit onto my L wagon with out instructions. All was reasonably fine until Paul/RSR555 pointed out that the adaptor plate should be mounted between the backing plate and the swing-arm. I dont know if it is but despite what people say about him, Paul is a decent bloke and i trust him so today i checked it.

I noticed 2 things. First there was the minor scoring on the plate itself from the handbrake lever operation. So there was a clue that it aint right. But the part numbers on the adaptors had the last letters of R and L which is why I had put them on the outside of the backing plate. This was the only way they fit with the letters L and R corresponding to left and right. Pauls suggestion of fitment meant i had to swap them over causing havoc in my slightly OCD mind. I did it anyway and it all fit together better in my opinion.

BUT the brake rotor did not move central to the caliper as also suggested. In fact now the mounting bolts scored my rotor and after spacing them out the rotor still interferes with the caliper mount. If i put the wheel on the whole thing locks up.. leaving me without a drivable car and one day to sort it.

Does anyone have any experiece with the kit or info i should know.. help..

I have an idea to get it on the road but it shouldnt have to come to that mauritian style of repairing.

I cant quite remember cos its a while since I've done mine, but I think the backing plate goes against the trailing arm, and the adaptor plate goes on the brake drum side of the backing plate.
This is because a bolt with an allen key head goes into the trailing arm side, though the backing and screws into the adaptor plate

^^What he said. I initially thought that the adaptor went on first, but when i finally read the instructions I had to swap it around. PM your email and I can send you the pdf instructions.

Awesome GIF mate! Cheers for the input guys. Ill swap them over yet again and see what happens.

Does the rotor itself sit central to the caliper or closer to the car side?

Wagonman wrote:Does the rotor itself sit central to the caliper or closer to the car side?

I thought subaru used calipers that are sliding calipers - meaning that the centre point of the caliper moves with the sliding action until you put a fixed rotor into the equation which is what centres the caliper...

Clear as mud?

Cheers

Bennie

Yeah, what you said sounds right Turns out i had it right to start with. But it was definitely worth going over it again because i found they werent sitting on quite right anyway. Plus i now know exactly how to put the handbrake back together no sweat haha.

Awesome Gif Point!