ok i may not have a cobra per say but i do have an 88 with the entire cobra drivtrain on it spindles axles brakes etc so my question comes after tearing the end of my thumb off and bleeding all over my bench do i get those damn calipers on the freakin rotors i made a spanner type tool out of a socket i ground down and fit into those slots, then screwed them in like normal well no matter how much they go in they still wont go over the caliper, and now i still dont have any rear brakes and im missing half a thumb any help is greatly appreciated

 

they might be froze up and they may need replaced, but try undoing the blleeder it might relieve the pressure a bit

 

Sometimes those twist in brakes are just a pain in the ***. Since you have the calipers off did you try putting them in a Vise and pushing really hard as you twist them in. I usualy go both directions and they eventual start going in

 

i did, the calipers arent even on the car i got them to go in the caliper way way in but is just not there its close though and i coould force them on but i dont want to have them lock up.

 

no not really just my thumb

 

alright after enduring much pain i decided to shave off a couple thousand miles of the brake pads since i found out that these were not cobra pads but gt pads turns out the cobra pads are an 1/8th in thinner to make clearance for the thicker rotor

 

napa stores is the only the parts supplier other than ford that sells the thinner pads for the cobra set up

 

well its a done deal now from now on i'll just order them from ford

 

you dont need thinner pads. my buddy went with ebc yellow stuff on his cobra brakes and they wouldnt fit either, similar problems with the HPS on mine... answer was a rubber mallet, very patient and steady hands and a good bleed of the system. His car gives you a headache from the stopping G's (from 40-0)

 

not according to ford racing but whatever its done there on and now to figure out how to get the rears to stop, i guess im gonna have to change the MC