[Spridgets] Wire Wheel Calipers

[Dean Hedin]

Naturally I jacked up and pulled a wheel soon after seeing this post.

Knowing how the Creator does not want me to do this conversion
I was certain that I would be grinding cast iron at some point
in the near future.

Miraculously, I somehow have the reliefs (at least on the left front)

It's interesting because the guy I talked to at Westtown was
very adamant about having to grind reliefs into his calipers.
So I guess there must be some of the old style calipers out there.


-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Peter Caldwell
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:00 AM
To: fastvee; spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Wire Wheel Calipers

John,
         I went though 40 or so just now, and ALL of them have the 
relief as pictured.
         Casting numbers as follows:  LH caliper indirect half (outer 
w/o hose connection) 3243-220 Direct 3243-222
                         RH indirect 3243-331   direct 3243-223

         I've never seen a caliper without it. If you go to an old 
BMC parts catalog, there was a supercession at the beginning of disc 
brake applications. Perhaps that was the difference. It would 
probably be harder to find those early ones than not.

Peter C
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At 07:27 AM 6/21/2010, fastvee wrote:
>Dean had asked about the relief on the calipers that you must have 
>for a wire wheel conversion. These pics clearly show the clearance 
>for the rotor mounting flange on the hub. I have a number of 
>calipers but couldn't locate a casting without this relief.
>John
>Fogelsville, PA
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastvee/4720246591/
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastvee/4720896388/
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