saigonij
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 01:32 PM |
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can someone meaure something for me? ( not rude )
can someone measure the distance between the slider bolts on teh Sierra 260mm caliper?
i want to know if its possible to fit it on my Escort Cosworth caliper bracket, and i cant wait until i get down to the kit car tomorrow to do work on
it.
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SyKaTurbo
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 01:57 PM |
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does the bracket you have contain the pad locating grooves?
I would have thought that bracket determins the type of pad you will be able to use due to the cut outs on the back plate of the pad itself matching
the profile of the ones on the slider.
The 260mm Sierra pad uses different shaped ends and also the overall length of the pad is larger on the cossie so although the holes may line up its
looks like the pads may not fit inside them.
[Edited on 26/10/07 by SyKaTurbo]
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SyKaTurbo
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 02:13 PM |
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Looking at it the bottom part of the pad location is the same, the upper part where the end of the pad slots fits against the caliper is wider on the
cosworth setup.
Shameless plug for work too lol
 
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saigonij
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 02:20 PM |
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ok, next question is....
if its a shameless plug for where you work, does your work do reconditioned calipers ( the Escort Cosworth ones - trailing ) at a good locost forum
rate?
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saigonij
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 02:21 PM |
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and yes, the bracket does have the groves for the pads, but i thought that the caliper does not, the top groves are not used , so i might be able to
use the escort cosworth pads with the sierra caliper?
[Edited on 26/10/07 by saigonij]
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SyKaTurbo
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 02:28 PM |
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I work for black diamond brakes but we dont do calipers sorry.
the edges of the calipers are usually used for locating the inner edges on the upper part of the pads of the pads. You might get away with some
butchering of the pad
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repper
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 02:50 PM |
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have you tryed the caliper mounts on the car cos i did a big boo boo with mine
ive fitted 2wd cosworth front hubs and 4x4 cosworth rear hubs i then got an old xr4x4 to get the calipers off but i reconded them befor trying them on
the car to my annoyance the calipers did not fit the hubs  so had a full set off shiny caipers that did not fit my car so make sor you do check
it and dont dive in like i did
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saigonij
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| posted on 27/10/07 at 07:13 PM |
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right, i tried today...
the caliper carriers bolt up fine - i knew they would.
The sierra caliper does bolt on to the carrier, and the sierra pads would fit on the carrier, however, once the caliper is bolted to the carrier,
there is not enough room between the carrier and the caliper where the groves are...
so im gonna have to get the calipers from the sierra 4x4 / escort cosworth too...
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