I am in the process of finishing up a front brake job on my car and having an issue with attaching the brake line to the caliper. I can get it on the caliper but when I tighten it down to the 30 ft-lb rating the front wheels will not spin. I did replace the crush washers with washers from Ford. I am using Hawk pads with new stock Brembo rotors. I can make it work using a much smaller crush washer to give me the spacing(while still using the stock crush washer) so the wheel will spin freely(not freely but with normal drag). Anyone else ran into this issue? I did measure the thickness of the new rotor and it is within spec according to the Ford Tech repair manual.
Note: It seems that the bottom of the bolt is pushing on the piston which in turns keeps the front wheel from spinning and I am thinking that I should be able to spin it somewhat but not freely but I can't even turn it by hand with a good amount of force.
Note: It seems that the bottom of the bolt is pushing on the piston which in turns keeps the front wheel from spinning and I am thinking that I should be able to spin it somewhat but not freely but I can't even turn it by hand with a good amount of force.
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