Calipers... Can You Help?

[Guest yosamite sam]

hi guys n gals - got a question to run by you - my car - dax rush kit car - wants some new front calipers only i didnt build it and am looking for the id of them if i give some dimensions can anyone shed some light?

 

discs are 260mm dia

25mm vented

5 stud (possibly from a granada)

 

calipers are single pot girling units with no ABS fitted

 

they are not cosworth either

 

no electrical wiring for wear indicators either

 

according to the build manual standard sierra ones are 240mm cossies are 273mm?

 

any ideas as i need to go git me some new n's before next weekend..

 

 

many regards in advance

 

terry

[Guest allbejay]

i was told cossies are 283mm, i think there more than likely granada as thats what my dads dax ran, try and call dj sports cars and there help, based in harlow if you didnt know try 118 118 got your number

[Guest Ian & Carole]

If as you state you have 5 stud hubs then you deff. have not got sierra runing gear.

 

It seems to me that you have granada brakes.

 

HTHs

 

Ian J

[Mitch]

i would go with Granada too, take one set off and take them with you too the shop with you to compare, they do both with and without wear sensors.

or for dax cars

http://www.daxcars.co.uk/start.htm

 

numbers on there site

 

HTH

Mitch

[Guest yosamite sam]

got some more info i remembered i had - the original builder wrote on the back of a pic he sent me ..

 

'escort mark 2 stub axle... if you fit one granada wheel bearing and one from the escort it allows you to fit the granada 5 stud disc - cutting and re-welding where the caliper bolts on allows you to use the granada caliper...'

 

i have been all over trying to get the calipers - was gonna just clean it up but thought... naaa - it will probably go again sooner or later so due to the age of it time for replacements.. the seals i took off was all corroded badly on the piston - one pad wasnt even touching the disc!!! i have some on order now from girling using the part number stamped on the side - hopefully they will be in my mits by tomorrow night - get em on and bled..

 

one question boys n girls - brake fluid of unknown type - can i mix? dunno if its 3.1 or 5.1.. ideas? how can i tell without havin a bottle of whats in? suppose i could drain it all out and refill.. right fart on tho.. but if thats whats required...

 

getting there.. and sick of spending - i dont call it repairing but evolving...

[Guest chris brown]

brake fluid of unknown type

Chances are it will be DOT 3 or DOT 4 depending on when it was last changed as DOT 3 is now hard to find and in any case DOT 4 will mix with it ok. But if you don’t know when it was last changed do so now, pick up a couple of litres when you get your calipers and just empty the brake reservoir and fill with new fluid then bleed all round until really clean fluid is coming through. This should be done every 2 years but who does?

When bleeding keep topping up the reservoir its annoying when you get to the last wheel and introduce air into the system and have to start again.

[Guest yosamite sam]

update - got the calipers on - were from a 2.8 v6 granada - 50 notes each but shiny.. lol..

 

will bleed em tomorrow... thanks people for all your help.. been good..