brake calipers

[BaaaadSlider]

ok please be gentle how do i find out what brake caliper i need to order as a replacement for my one that is in?
T3 front brake caliper – Late > ATE > Right
or
T3 front brake caliper – Late > Girling > Right
thanks in advance
its for a 1989 watercooled 1.9 petrol

[jamesc76]

T3 front brake caliper – Late > Girling > Right

From my death bed lol i think its that one looking at the pics!

[Aidan]

13mm hex head bolts for caliper to sliding part is Girling
7mm allen key head pin in plastic cover is ATE

[jamesc76]

Its defo the girling ones then! Oh and one thing i cant rememeb is pump the brake pedal to reset them cant rememebr if i did or not!

[CovKid]

No bad thing to pump fresh brake fluid through at the same time either.

[BaaaadSlider]

thanks for the comments guys all ordered

[Ian Hulley]

Fingers crossed for that small brake pipe and the flexy etc (T'onion had 2 of the pipes that I made him for the Deathstar)

Ian

[BaaaadSlider]

Fingers crossed for that small brake pipe and the flexy etc (T'onion had 2 of the pipes that I made him for the Deathstar)

Ian

ok am gonna make meself look more dim than normal but what ya mean Ian?

[Aidan]

what Ian means is that 20 odd year old pipe connections have a tendency not to want to undo even with plusgas heat and patience and the correct tools so be prepared to have to replace other parts (i'd do the flexi anyway while you're there tbh) but be aware that each joint can be a problem and you can end up chasing the faults down the line all the way sometimes, great in the end as you have all new pipes that won't fail and peace of mind but it can be time consuming, frustrating and expensive. May be worth getting the local garage to quote for the job and giving them the headache especially if you aren't equipped,patient and or ham "interfered with" (no offence to anyone intended here btw, but we don't always acknowledge our faults, took me a while to learn the patience, plusgas, cup of tea, more plusgas, heat approach, but now rarely snap things or have to resort to big hammer, drill, professional servicesetc, which saves my sanity and time and or money)

[Ian Hulley]

but now rarely have to resort to professional services

I say, steady on Aidan

Ian

[Ian Hulley]

Katie, sorry to confuse you

I needed to replace both front and both rear flexys when we first tested the Bus 6 years ago .... on the front the flexys go from the main union under the front to a small pipe that attaches to the caliper ... we ended up (even with heat and plus gas and many Anglo-Saxon words) replacing every pipe on the whole van and both calipers and one rear cylinder ... not a single thing would undo OR they'd already been rounded off before.

That's how it can go, your's hopefully will be fine

Ian x

[BaaaadSlider]

thanks for the info guys, i think we had decided to let our local garage tackle this job anyways so will get price and go from there x

[Aidan]

I think the swear filter is a bit over zealous I put hamfisted and it came out very weird ! lets see if this gets past it