M16 Brake caliper question
dwyer - 15/11/07 at 05:34 PM
Can anyone confirm whether the M16 Cortina brake caliper fits the escort hub. I assume the same caliper fits both hubs but just wanted to make doubly
sure.
Thanks
Simon
24vseven - 15/11/07 at 06:10 PM
in a word yes
locoboy - 15/11/07 at 06:57 PM
I believe so too
dwyer - 15/11/07 at 07:42 PM
Thanks guys,,,
Nice Avatar Locoboy
andrew.boyle - 15/11/07 at 10:25 PM
make sure you dont get really early cortina callipers as they need tapered pads which you cant buy anymore !
if you are looking for callipers i think donut is selling some reconditioned ones or ive got some ready to be recond
britishtrident - 16/11/07 at 07:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by andrew.boyle
make sure you dont get really early cortina callipers as they need tapered pads which you cant buy anymore !
if you are looking for callipers i think donut is selling some reconditioned ones or ive got some ready to be recond
All Cortina MK3-5 pads are the same
The same caliper was used right through the 1970s Ford range from the Escort MK to the Granada.
Shape of pad is the same but listed pads vary because some entry level models didn't have servos and should use a softer friction material.
The only exceptions are some Cortina estates which had asymetric 3 piston calipers
britishtrident - 16/11/07 at 08:00 AM
quote:
Originally posted by andrew.boyle
make sure you dont get really early cortina callipers as they need tapered pads which you cant buy anymore !
if you are looking for callipers i think donut is selling some reconditioned ones or ive got some ready to be recond
On Fords if you find tapered pads when stripping is due to a seized caliper or pad backing plated seized in the in the caliper.
andrew.boyle - 16/11/07 at 08:41 AM
Tapered pads in the sense that the backing plate is not square ant the top of the pad is wider then the bottom
NOT tapered pads n terms of the amount of material on the top and bottow is different you have miss understood what i meant by tapered pads
and im afraid whilst theoretically you are right i removed a set of callipers form a late mk2 cortina and whilst they look identical to the capri
callipers inside they were not they took tapered pads so i had to take them apart and take a grinder to them.
somewhat like in the attatched picture but it is exaggerated they werent thaty tapered if on the left is a normal pad and the right is the tapered
pad that i found in a later mk2 cortina calliper
forgive the innacuracies of the drawing i created it quickly in paint
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rusty nuts - 16/11/07 at 07:07 PM
In over 40 years in the motor trade I can't say that I have ever come across tapered pads as you describe . I have had to use an old file as a
scraper to clean the accumulated rust and crap from inside the caliper to get the pads to fit Occasionally I have had to use a file on the top and
bottom edges of the pads as well but that has been on crap pads
andrew.boyle - 17/11/07 at 01:27 AM
well i deffo took them out of calliperes thrat from the outside looked identical to m16 callipers and came off a ford cortine the cxallipers were also
sort or specialyl designed to fit them nothing a few mind with a grinder couldnt sort and after grinding them out strandard m16 pads fitted im not
saying they were standard fitment i was just advising caution and if you guys have neve rcome across them thats fdair enuff but i did lol
