[Spridgets] calipers and kingpins

[Paul Asgeirsson]

Hi Leo,

I've been able to get all the rubber parts for caliper rebuilding, including
that small round flat one.  New pistons are also out there.  In plain
english, the outer seal retainer is a bugger to get on.  I finally made a
jig to do it so there's no damage to that retainer on installation

Calipers for wire wheels have had slightly machined areas on one side of it
for those wheels.  Be sure that is either there or done so there is no
rubbing between the caliper and the wire wheel hub.

Wire wheel calipers work on steel wheels, but not the other way around
without that small machined area.

Later, Paul A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo S" <60bugeye at cebridge.net>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:12 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] calipers and kingpins


> Finally got around to getting upstairs in the shop tonight and dragging
down 3
> sets of disk brake frontends and started dissasmbling them to find the
parts
> for one good set for the front end of the project bugeye.  ALL of the
fulcrum
> pins were frozen along with having major slop so out came the die grinder
and
> a thin cut off wheel.  One set of the king pins has absolutely no play so
is
> there a reason to re-build them (i.e. new king pins, bushings, and haveing
> them reamed?  Next question is on the calipers.  Is it possible to split
them,
> bead blast and have them performance coated for looks then install a
rebuild
> kit?  Does the rebuild kit come with new pistons?  I remember seeing
somewhere
> that the smalll o rings inbetween the two halfs are NLA?  Is this true ?
How
> much of a PIA is it to rebuild them or is it better to just buy a new set?
> New A-Arms are definetly on the list UNLESS I decide to try and solder in
new
> fulcrum pin bushings.  Has any one don that before?
>
> Then I have to decide if this car get wire wheeels or not.  Have all the
wire
> wheel hubs and rear end but will have to round up 4 more wire wheels.
Have
> one that is literally BRAND new.  Anyone go one or two for sale that are
like
> brand new and dont know what to do with them:)  I cant afford Daytons
price so
> willl have to search for them one at a time.  If I go wih wire wheels the
> mounts will ge cut off the WW rear end out of a 67 and then the mounts off
a
> bugeye housing will ge welded on.
>
> Leo
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