Byrepower
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| posted on 20/10/04 at 09:15 PM |
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Rear calipers
Is it better to fit the caliper to the front or to the rear of the disc ??(if you know what I mean!!)
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phelpsa
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| posted on 20/10/04 at 09:16 PM |
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To the rear, usually.
Adam
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Smooth Torquer
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 posted on 20/10/04 at 09:49 PM |
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Just out of interest...
...why is this the case?
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
To the rear, usually.
Adam
Thanks
Sam 
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bob
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| posted on 20/10/04 at 10:02 PM |
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Depends on caliper,fords sierra/granada rear calipers normally sit on top.
If you move them from this possition they can air lock when bleeding.
Mine are at 10 o clock on the indy so i had to pressure bleed them
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phelpsa
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| posted on 21/10/04 at 08:26 AM |
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On ours they are either @ 3 or 9 o'clock.
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Peteff
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| posted on 21/10/04 at 09:12 AM |
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On ours they are either @ 3 or 9 o'clock.
Mine are there all the time  . I can't see any difference as long as the pads grab the disk. We fitted a leading link conversion to a bike
combination and it swapped the calipers side for side and to the front, they still worked the same.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 21/10/04 at 09:29 AM |
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I mean the hub carriers can be swapped around!
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ned
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| posted on 21/10/04 at 11:24 AM |
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this has been talked about before. IIRC it makes no difference to the brake torque/forces where the caliper is mounted. f1 apparantly put them under
neath so as to reduce CoG, but I'd rather have them somewhere they can be bled easily. i think there was some mention at teh front if they were
mounted in front it might help turn in, but i think the advantages would be microscopical.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Bob C
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| posted on 21/10/04 at 12:00 PM |
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If you put the calipers at the rear, they support the weight of the car taking stress off the bearings. Put them at the front & stress on wheel
bearings goes up.
alternatively, put back ones at the front and front ones at the back to reduce polar moment of intertia and shorten brake pipe runs.
Alternatively conclude it doesn't actually matter very much.........
Bob C
PS 4pot calipers ARE DIRECTIONAL - get 'em wrong & you'll taper your pads
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mackie
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| posted on 22/10/04 at 08:43 AM |
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I'd put them in the orientation that makes them easiest to bleed (ie nipple in topmost position).
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Byrepower
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| posted on 23/10/04 at 06:59 PM |
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Rear Calipers
Thanks everyone,I think I'll try both ways and see what looks the best and works the best !!
Jack.
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Lightning
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| posted on 23/10/04 at 08:59 PM |
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I think you are missing the most important point...the routing of the handbrake cable. I mounted mine on the rear of the disc so that the cables had a
clean curve.
Steve
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