Rear caliper handbrake overhaul

[midz16v]

i have a set of rear calipers u could have if u want them,there in fife though and i'm no sure if there for a mk2 or 3


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[Conker]

...Better cost:benefit analysis needed, Ben.

Hehe, May I recommend that you add  ,  , or  to take this to the next level of patronising.

[Ben Lessani]

Hoop de blah, blah blah blah, something about my tall horse.

Man-up and do the job properly.

I know new calipers are easier to fit, but if someone here had some experience of fixing the weak handbrake - ie. just cleaning up a part of the mech to fix it, then it would be substantially easier, quicker and cheeeeeeeper!

Ps. Stop saying man-up

@ midz16v

They look like MK3 units, can't see an exposed spring anywhere. You're a good 80 miles from me - what monies do you want for them?

[midz16v]

nowt mate thats how much they cost me

[Ben Lessani]

Just a quick one, what stops you using the MK4 calipers with a solid brake line from the M12 fitting on the caliper to M10 on the car? What movement is there between the caliper and the rear beam?

[Diamond Hell]

Although you're very small from my tall horse, I think you'll find that you're talking about a sliding caliper set up. 

That's why you need to fit a flexible hose, because the caliper slides thus it moves, see - hard lines will fatigue if put in this situation.

Now, man-up and get on with the job, Lessani.

[Ben Lessani]

Pffftftftfttt

Only reason I'm messing about is

1. because I'm cheap,
2. because I'm cheap,
3. I have 1 more day to get the MOT retested!

Right, tell you what. I grabbed a pair of MK4 units from the scrappers today. I don't have time to wait on delivery of the crappy adaptors, so I pinched a couple of rubber flexi's from a motor factor friend 10mm female to 10mm female.

I was thinking, as a quick hack for the MOT (and probably for the rest of time because I'm lazy). I can flare 12mm male and 10mm male fittings onto a mini length of brake pipe, thread that into the caliper and then thread the flexi onto the standard fittings.

Is there any real dodgyness doing it this way?

[Diamond Hell]

 

I don't *think* so - some installations of the 280mm front brakes (those you're too cheap to fit to your car) have a short section of hard-line before the flexi.  The important thing is to allow the caliper to slide, with a flexi-hose taking up the slide, not a hard-line.

[Ben Lessani]

Basically, something along the lines of that.

If I can find a place which sells a banjo > 10mm male, or any 12mm to 10mm fitting, then I'll be sorted - after all, that's all that's in the goodridge pack.

[Conker]

I don't *think* so - some installations of the 280mm front brakes (those you're too cheap to fit to your car) have a short section of hard-line before the flexi.  The important thing is to allow the caliper to slide, with a flexi-hose taking up the slide, not a hard-line.

This post doesn't count - You didn't say "man-up".