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16" brake calipers

Posted: 18 Jun 2011, 14:42
by lloydy
are they unique to 16" or is it just a matter of working out girling or ATE?
If they are standard T25, what ones do i have? i thinking they look like girling
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cheers

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 18 Jun 2011, 15:16
by ninja.turtle007
Hex head or 13mm bolts?

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 18 Jun 2011, 15:17
by ninja.turtle007
Hex head or 13mm bolts? On a 14" the hex are ATE.

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 18 Jun 2011, 15:56
by lloydy
what bolts, where! :lol:
Do you mean under the black rubbery cap at bottom of caliper in pic? If so mine are hex

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 18 Jun 2011, 16:12
by ninja.turtle007
They look ATE to me.

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Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 18 Jun 2011, 16:16
by lloydy
yep, i'd agree with that :ok
cheers for the pic

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 19 Jun 2011, 20:20
by toomanytoys
Just the upright is 16" specific, the calipers are all std... just either ATE or Girling.. which will be marked...

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 20:57
by lloydy
how easy is it to remove the front pads? Any special tools needed? And am i likely to break anything, as i just wanted to check them. Getting an itch to maybe fit new pads, rear shoes and a fluid change.

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 21:06
by axeman
no special tools needed, apart from a 46mm socket and a scaffold tube,fronts just need to remove the caliper to change the pads, just worth looking that all your bleed nipples are in tact for bleeding. i recon that break fluid and the coolant are the 2 main sevice items that people forget about,

neil

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 21:19
by lloydy
whats the 46mm socket for? And do the pads just come out once caliper removed?

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 21:24
by Aidan
LLoyd get a copy of Bentley ffs, available as PDF on cd if reqd.

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 21:55
by syncropaddy
axeman wrote:no special tools needed, apart from a 46mm socket and a scaffold tube,fronts just need to remove the caliper to change the pads, just worth looking that all your bleed nipples are in tact for bleeding. i recon that break fluid and the coolant are the 2 main sevice items that people forget about,

neil

Whats the 46mm socket for Neil .......... ??

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 22:01
by axeman
ne said rear shor
syncropaddy wrote:
axeman wrote:no special tools needed, apart from a 46mm socket and a scaffold tube,fronts just need to remove the caliper to change the pads, just worth looking that all your bleed nipples are in tact for bleeding. i recon that break fluid and the coolant are the 2 main sevice items that people forget about,

neil

Whats the 46mm socket for Neil .......... ??

he said rear shoes, just finishing the thought and i am questioning my self but i cant rember if the 46mm nut on the stub axle holds the drum on or not, some one will confirm this (or not).

neil

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 22:14
by lloydy
no, just two little bolts hold the drum on.

Re: 16" brake calipers

Posted: 27 Jun 2011, 06:15
by Aidan
lloydy wrote:no, just two little bolts hold the drum on.


and 20 square inches of rust usually, 46mm socket is often required if they've not been apart in a while, especially o syncros that get wet, easier to remove the hub and drum then bray the hub off the drum