Saturday 2 April 2011

Rear brakes – 22nd March 2011

Drive in Caterham hire car to Wakehurst Place near Ardingly provides a taste of things to come J This was a Roadsport 1.6 SV so a bit wider & heavier than ours but with similar performance. Even my wife had a grin on her face after our blast!
Whilst at Caterham confirm that spacers found in small bag marked “Axle” (along with rubber grommets) are, indeed, the correct spacers to fit between the brake calipers & de Dion ears. Also queried having a floating caliper with rigid brake pipes but was assured that the amount of movement is only about 2mm & insufficient to fracture the rigid brake pipes.
When I went to re-fit the brake pads in the calipers that was removed they won’t align with  a cut out in the caliper piston & the piston won’t revolve !


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