Hello,

I got to the part where I have to assemble my brakes. I have disks all around, new pads and reconditioned calipers.

The front calipers have 2 pistons (one on each side) and the rear ones have only one piston. I believe they are all from a Sierra, although the front uprights are Cortina, so the front brake might not be Sierra. I really don't know

I have the Sierra Haynes book but I'm not sure I understand those exploded graphics...

What I would love to see is a picture heavy (or movie) how-to of how to assemble the pads on the calipers (extra points for putting the calipers on the car). If anyone has a link to album photos, youtube video, build diary, ..., I would be really happy.

Thank you very much for reading! Best regards,
HappyFather

It sounds like the front calipers are cortina not sierra. The sierra calipers only have one piston whereas the cortina calipers have 2.

I don't have any pictures but it should be pretty straightforward.

The front calipers are almost certainly M16 as fitted to Cortina and some Escort. They're fitted at the back of the upright with the bleed nipple at the top and held by 2 bolts that screw into the upright and retained with a lock tab.(Disc must be fitted before calipers) The pads are fitted from the back and are retained and slide on 2 pins. The pins themselves are retained by an 'R' clip. The pads should have anti-squeal shims fitted between the pad and the piston. All of the bits are obtainable from ebay, just do a search on M16 caliper.

Please dont take offence from this but if you are struggling to understand how brakes go together should you be building the most safety critical part of your car?

Perhaps get a freind or mobile mechanic to guide you through it, explain how they go together (and brakes in general) and then check your wok afterwards. Its not really something that you want to 'learn from your mistakes' on.

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Originally posted by Doctor Derek Doctors
Please dont take offence from this but if you are struggling to understand how brakes go together should you be building the most safety critical part of your car?

Perhaps get a freind or mobile mechanic to guide you through it, explain how they go together (and brakes in general) and then check your wok afterwards. Its not really something that you want to 'learn from your mistakes' on.

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Taken into account Doctor Derek's comment, but I'm building a kit to learn how stuff is done and the car will have to be tested for approval, so... Let me try to understand this

Consider the caliper in the next photo. For what I understood, it's the left hand side (sits behind the disk with the brake pipe hole on the top, currently with a red cover). One of the pads (with a plate behind) is in place and the two pins are half in.

(I understood that the "R" shaped thingies will go through the pin hole when it's fully in to keep it in place)

The next photo shows the other pad going in, with the plate between the pad and the piston. The plate has an arrow that I'm pointing on the forward motion direction.


There are two thingies that I'm not sure what's their purpose. Should they help hold together the pad and plate like in this next photo?


And then, there is this part (photo with two, but should be one per caliper). Where does it fit?


Please tell me if I'm getting this right, where do the things on the last photo go and, if I'm doing it wrong, what should I do differently.

Thank you very much for your help! Best regards,
HappyFather

http://www.ehow.com/video_2331869_how-assemble-brake-caliper.html

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