i recently rebuilt my 7 and had to replace my side seals due to one stuck in the rotor so i figured if i replace 1 i will replace them all. well the side seals were longer than the originals and bound up between the corner seals so my question is did i get the wrong seals or do you have to file each and every seal to gap them when replacing them?

it just seems odd because of how tight they were, the rotor would have to be a fair bit larger to fit these even with the minimum clearance.


if you know or know anyone who may know let me know please.

 

You have to clearance each side seal. Just enough so that it will move up and down freely, but not enough to let anything between it and the corner seal.

 

You can find these clearances in the Haynes and Mazda manuals.

 

I hope you have a FSM handy as it shows how to clearance the side seals as well as torqueing all bolts.
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