Further investigation suggests that the new calipers ARE fabricated correctly.

I determined that my axle bearing has a 2mm gap between it and the axel's shoulder (which it should be flush against).
The 2mm hopefully will allow the caliper to be correctly mounted.
Time to find a press!

Took some more measurements. The distance from the mounting tabs to the inside of the Rotor is ~24mm and the Rotor is 10mm thick. The distance from the mounting surface of the caliper to the inside slot edge is ~19mm (so under 24mm), and ~32mm on the outside edge (unfortunately under the 34mm requir...

----- Old Caliper Right ----- Caliper Right - Old 1 .jpg ~19mm mount surface to inner edge ~35mm mount surface to outer edge ----- New Caliper Right ----- Caliper Right - New 1.jpg ~19mm mount surface to inner edge ~32mm mount surface to outer edge ----- New Right Caliper on Left Side ----- Caliper ...

----- Background ----- Prior to this incident, my Volvo 740 was driving fine, rode smoothly, and did not have any steering drift to one side or the other. About 3 weeks ago, my right front brake caliper seized up while I was driving around town; I limped home and ordered parts. Once parts arrived, I...