mk2 granada calipers

[bigdaz27]

im fitting a pair to my mk1 escort ive been told i need 5mm spacers which i had made for me i tried to fit them to the car today and the caliper hits the hub so i used all the 5mm spacers i had made up witch made 10mm and the caliper only just clears the hub but the caliper is not central on the disk i think 7mm spacers would be right but i dont think the caliper would clear the hub so can some one please exsplane how you fit these fooking things.

[bigdaz27]

this may help

[Grizzley Dell]

dude im gonna be doing similar with 2.8i granny calipers. i think i would take a grinder to the caliper. cant be that hard and i would think theres plenty of meat there to grind off a bit.

[bigdaz27]

dude im gonna be doing similar with 2.8i granny calipers. i think i would take a grinder to the caliper. cant be that hard and i would think theres plenty of meat there to grind off a bit.

 

its that or get the hubs machined

[Grizzley Dell]

grinders gotta be cheaper. unless you can machine the hubs yourself like some lucky fookers.

[LEONMEX]

i had the spacer in the middle machined down to 4mm same as the capri caliper & used the capri brake pins & they fit fine will get some pics at the weekend for yall

[bigdaz27]

i had the spacer in the middle machined down to 4mm same as the capri caliper & used the capri brake pins & they fit fine will get some pics at the weekend for yall

 

pics would be good i was going to get the hubs machined down to clear the calipers

[LEONMEX]

yeah as standard they only just hit but did'nt fancy grinding the caliper & was'nt to sure about machining the hub down incase it was to thin & could crack i tried the capri spacers but they are different hole spacing so just as easy to have the spacer machined.

[bigdaz27]

im going to the engineer tomorrow to see what he thinks

[LEONMEX]

have you got spacers inbetween the caliper body?? i can't see any on your calipers?? should be 2 little plates between the body on both calipers that will come out when you undo the 4 bolts holding the calipers together. If not then they are 2.0 or 2.3 calipers & you will need the 2.8 calipers as they have the spacers to run the wider vented disc

[bigdaz27]

yes they have the spacers fitted.

[LEONMEX]

nice,will get some pics of mine fitted for you

[bigdaz27]

thanks for your help

[bigdaz27]

ok went to the engineer today he said he can reduce the hubs from 150mm to 140mm with out compromising the strength which is more the enough to clear the caliper he is going to do it in his lunch brake so nice and cheep to got to be better then taking an angle grinder to the caliper

 

and the caliper should be square on the disc to with the 5mm spacer

[tom28]

im thinking about doing this, anyone know where i can get the granny cossie discs from?

 

cheers