outahere Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yesterday I installed new pads and Centric Premium rotors on the rear of my '05 LGT Wagon. The car has the original hubs and calipers still on it. I noticed that the Centric rotors are not perfectly centered in the caliper bracket opening. On the inboard side there is only about 0.025" clearance between the rotor face and the "finger" on the pad clip. Will such a tiny clearance be a problem? There is no contact or scraping on the rotor when I spin it with the car up on jackstands, but what will happen when I put on the tires and set the car down on the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outahere Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Well, this morning I put the old OEM rotor back on the hub, and it too is not perfectly centered. It is offset a little (around 0.7mm) towards the center of the car, like the Centric rotor. I'm not sure if the offset is designed in, or it is just machining tolerances of the rotor, hub, and backing plate "stacking up". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Your worried about 0.025" ? Does the car stop good ? If yes, don't worry about it. In all my years, I've never even checked. I'm 61y/o. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmP6889928 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Knowing Centric since they were called Auto Specialty (almost 20 years ago), they would not sell it if it wasn't correct. Their quality rivals or exceeds OE on their parts. You checked against your worn OE rotors and it was the same type of fitment? Drive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonaLisa Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Yeah I wouldn't be worried. I'm super impressed with my Centric premium rotors. Seized 2 autozone calipers (one on the highway), pushed my stoptech sport pads to the point of fading, all on the same set of Centric rotors. They never warped, cracked, nothing. And 2 years later the paint on the hub portion is still mostly there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike07LGT Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I'll agree that centric rotors are awesome for the money! I have my rears sitting here waiting to be installed.. my fronts have been great to me so far 03 WRB WRX (RIP) 04 JBP STI (sold) 07 DGM Legacy GT (RIP) 12 OBP STI (DD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outahere Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 All 4 of my old rear pads were a different thickness from each other, and one of them had a taper from top to bottom. The guide pins and pistons were not frozen, but the pads were rusted to the clips. To prevent that from happening again, I did what Honda recommends for their brakes: use Molykote M77 on the pad ears, shims, clips, and bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outahere Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Your worried about 0.025" ?.. I worry about everything. It's a curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexi Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 If I understand what you mean, can you push/pull the pad clip a little bit so that the clearance is even on both sides? Or at least enough to get more clearance on the inboard side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outahere Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 If I understand what you mean, can you push/pull the pad clip a little bit so that the clearance is even on both sides?.. No. The "fingers" on the clip determine the positioning. Anyway, at this point I do not consider it a problem, unless I begin to hear metal to metal scraping sounds in the future. Apparently for the last 56,000 miles on the original OEM rotors, I have been driving with this asymmetric clearance, with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldrego Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Replacing my oems with Centrics tomorrow. Looking forward to the change Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonaLisa Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 What pads are you going with? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldrego Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Stoptech Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonaLisa Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Stoptech Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Good choice, I have Stoptech pads as well and I've been very happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldrego Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Yea they feel pretty awesome, I love the build quality of the Centrics over oem Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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