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Caliper advice
1983 Aircooled 2ltr cu engine. I just bought a caliper repair kit but the piston boot/seal doesn't fit snuggly onto the caliper, It seems to be a couple of mm too big It fits perfectly over the 54mm piston. Can anyone tell me which kit i should be buying? The Bosch one i bought was for ATE calipers. Cheers
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Re: Caliper advice
Hello Matthew,
So you have the beast running well enough to need brakes....
ATE brakes for CT 1600 are 2 piston types
ATE brakes for CU 2 litre are 1 piston sliding caliper types
with a seal kit like this:
unfortunately not in stock at the moment..
So how did you get on with dizzy, coil and timing...
Will it make it over here...
Cordialement,
So you have the beast running well enough to need brakes....
ATE brakes for CT 1600 are 2 piston types
ATE brakes for CU 2 litre are 1 piston sliding caliper types
with a seal kit like this:
unfortunately not in stock at the moment..
So how did you get on with dizzy, coil and timing...
Will it make it over here...
Cordialement,
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Re: Caliper advice
we're not going anywhere soon as it's just failed it's CT on all the bodywork rust.......and there's plenty of it
The coil was fine but still really don't know what the problem was. Our mechanic was at it for hours and he know runs pretty good. Having to run him with vacuum hose disconnected but apparently thats ok!!
Pretty sure now that the calipers are Girling ones now that i can see the mark on them. Any ideas which is the best repair kit for them?
Will definately come over once he's CT'd
cheers
The coil was fine but still really don't know what the problem was. Our mechanic was at it for hours and he know runs pretty good. Having to run him with vacuum hose disconnected but apparently thats ok!!
Pretty sure now that the calipers are Girling ones now that i can see the mark on them. Any ideas which is the best repair kit for them?
Will definately come over once he's CT'd
cheers
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Re: Caliper advice
Depends on which make of calipers you have, Girling or ATE the seals are not interchangable. And all Aircooled T25's used twin piston calipers.
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Re: Caliper advice
Definitely Girling calipers bigherb. So which kit should i be buying?
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Re: Caliper advice
Ones for a Girling caliper AKA Lucas/TRW.
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/bra ... s/1801-2-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/bra ... s/1801-2-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Caliper advice
thanks bigherb,
before i order can you definately confirm this is the right kit for the garling calipers i have
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/abs/7799763" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
cheers
before i order can you definately confirm this is the right kit for the garling calipers i have
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/abs/7799763" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
cheers
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Re: Caliper advice
At that price you might as well buy the original Girling kit
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/2212111" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/2212111" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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