Hi guys,

I think I did a boo boo last week. I've got a '99 GF8 with an STi brembo swap front and rear. Bought it with them already installed many many years ago and have never had any issues with them.

The brakes had started squealing a little in the last month or so, so last week I pulled my front wheels off and pulled my brake pads out to check how much meat is left on them, no worries there plenty left. Stuck them back in and put everything back together.

I noticed this weekend a squealing sound from my front left wheel when I take right hand turns, had a look and the wheel is now fouling on the outer surface of the caliper, paint on the bottom of the caliper is starting to get shredded. The wheels are 17" subie wrx/sti wheels which have just enough clearance to clear the calipers and again have been on the car since I bought it and never had any issues.

I'm thinking I may have bent the bracket that holds the caliper when I was compressing the pistons in the caliper to remove the pads, I was using a flat-head screwdriver and carefully prying between pad and rotor to compress them, guess I wasn't careful enough!

My question is, would taking a rubber mallet to the caliper and giving it a few good beatings be a reasonable course of action to get the caliper back into a position where it won't be rubbing any longer?