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76 Westy Brake Caliper Thickness
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:11 pm
by MrGolf
Can someone tell me what the calipers are new and the minimum thickness before replacement.....Thanks.
Re: 76 Westy Brake Caliper Thickness
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:52 pm
by WestyPop
MrGolf wrote:Can someone tell me what the calipers are new and the minimum thickness before replacement.....Thanks.
I'm willing to check the Bentley & even go out & measure my '79, but, I'm not understanding what you want... measurement on the
calipers(total thickness: inside to outside?), the
pads, or the
rotors (new & worn to min.?), or what?
Rotors
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:48 am
by MrGolf
I am sorry. I mean the min and max measurements for the rotors.
Thanks
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:26 pm
by wildthings
The wear limit is 11.5mm, or 0.452". Rotor typically have a lip on their edge which will make checking them with low tech tools difficult, but with the lip ground off the rotors are shot if you can slip a 7/16 wrench over the them.
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:06 pm
by WestyPop
Original rotor thickness is supposedly 12.9mm, although some of the Chinese-produced rotors may vary from that, especially if clean-up cuts are necessary to make the new cheap rotors even usable.