Originally Posted by SafeChav
Originally Posted by MorryRS
Originally Posted by antony215
Originally Posted by MorryRS
Safechav
I have 2WD Discs and calipers to fit to my S2 . I have offered them up and as mentioned before i looks like i need to machine the caliper a bit to fit . Is this the way to do it from your experience as you have them fitted??
Many thanks
Kenny
4mm needs to be machined off the mating edge of the caliper
Cool exactly 4mm is it -milled i suppose -then fix the caliper on with a bolt and nut??
I bought mine as a set that had already been fitted to an Orion, i did measure up ages ago and i think i measured something like 3.7 or 4.7mm, 4mm should be fine though.
Anyway thats the easy part of the conversion. Place the caliper against the hub and you will see the holes are ever so slightly not in line, its a tiny amount but i did find when it was time to put the bolts in after tapping the M12 thread into the hubs the bolts were awkward to get in, i had to wind both bolts in together to start and then do up each bolt bit by bit, otherwise they tried to go in on the piss.
Then once you've done then you'll more then likely scream when you realise the brake pipe connection points out directly at the CV joint, you'll need some 90 degree adapters in order to fit pipes and clear the CV joint.
Cool that clarifys things up - i will take them into my work then and get the caliper machined and the hub taped to M12 . Yeah heard about the brake hoses , ordered some off Mike Rainbird
