Phil
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consult ToyotaGTTurbo before buying stuff.
Phil
Morale of story
consult ToyotaGTTurbo before buying stuff.
Phil
Think i found clips on brake international, so ordered them.
only to have that terrible feeling ive probably ordered the single pot clips..
anyone able to help, im uber confused as to why my st165 twin pots seem to never be the calipers talked about when st165 is mentioned.
This is what i ordered (pad fitting kit)
http://brakeparts.co.uk/#page=parts...on=CELI*(85-90)+ST165R+2.0GT4+4X4+TURBO+COUPE
No mention of twin or single pot (unless im missing it)
but if you go to calipers there is both twin and single pots listed.
Phil is confused.
For my own future reference this thread is useful.
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=160220&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40
Phil
None of the mintex kits fits ?
ah i missed your post with the b-inter linksProbably Richy, thanks for the links.
ive already ordered from brake international. so see what arrives from there.
Phil
they look like the right bits to me. good find
ah i missed your post with the b-inter links
the seals look ok to me.
the longer seal is for the slider that bolts straight through and the smaller seal is the one that pops onto the caliper and the pin slider slides into it.
is that pin broken? I cant see the threaded part that allows you to fit them to the carrier?
EDIT: sorry, just looked at the uksc thread. they are not st165 calipers I am afraid. they look like Levin twin pots.
chances are the clips and the pads you have bought wont fit either
part numbes for these are:
rebuild kit: 04479-12140 or 04479-12170 - cant read Japanese so not sure of the difference, think 95-97 model!?
clips: 04947-32080 or 04947-33020 - same as above.
pads: look to be something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EBC-FRONT...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item48473b4680
I think I may randomly have the clips for a set of these calipers as a mate had a set he was going to chuck out. when I get a chance I will have a quick look and see if I still have them.
the toyodiy diagrams don't show the differences so someone ideally needs to be able to read Japanese:
that is what is displayed after the second part number in both cases; アリ(ス-パ- ストラツト サスペンシヨン)
doing a bit of digging I would go with the second number. if you search the first numbers it comes up with different models with single pot calipers, the second number brings up twin pots.
so you want : 04479-12170 for the rebuild kit and 04947-33020 for the clips pads are correct.
those calipers could be off a Europe spec carina E
does this brake international kit look the same as the big red or different?
http://brakeparts.co.uk/#page=parts...odelversion=CARI*(92-97)+E+2.0+PETROL+inc+GTI
Phil
Looks like the right bits. Tbh, they probably all come from the same place. You may be ok, but I just had no luck with them and found genuine far superior.
One thing I would check before spending any more money is that the calipers actually fit with the discs. From the sounds of it they have used the original dimensions with the astra discs that I worked out years back when I did my st165 conversion. I believe the Levin twin pots (like yours) are slightly different so may be worth a quick dry run before spending anymore cash on them.