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 Post subject: 7 inch caliper
PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 10:01 am 
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Looking at getting the brakes working and I think my calipers are back to front. The bleed point it pointing down. All modern systems I work on have them up better for air bleed.I have 7 inch brakes. I found pictures of some 7.5 inch calipers and they have the bleed nipple at the top. So should ibe swapping them overs? Or is it a mini thing?
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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 10:22 am 
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Swap them over, the bleeders should always be at the top.


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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 10:29 am 
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Yeah thats what i thought thanks

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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
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With decent 998 pads and a servo they don't stop bad. Not as good as 7.5s though.

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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:32 pm 
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Spotted a bigger issues one has 998 pads and the other 997....
Does anyone know where I can the smaller one machined in Geelong/Melbourne?
I've read that you can machine them to fit the 998 pad.

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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:42 pm 
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Actually there is a slight difference between the two calipers can I simply machine the smaller one out?

On the plus side I've changed the front hoses over and now have brake fluid to the calipers!

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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
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Send to me I've done them before. They just need the width milled out.

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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
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Thanks Doc PM sent

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 Post subject: Re: 7 inch caliper
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They make performance pads such as EBC Greenstuffs for these 998 Cooper calipers too. It will help to make them perform a little better.

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Mick wrote:
They make performance pads such as EBC Greenstuffs for these 998 Cooper calipers too. It will help to make them perform a little better.

Back in the day I ran them in my `Clubbymatic' with Hardly Ferocious Metal Kings and a VH44J servo.
They stopped pretty well. But don't machine the rotors, they are only .250" thick when new.

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Mick wrote:
They make performance pads such as EBC Greenstuffs for these 998 Cooper calipers too. It will help to make them perform a little better.

Back in the day I ran them in my `Clubbymatic' with Hardly Ferocious Metal Kings and a VH44J servo.
They stopped pretty well. But don't machine the rotors, they are only .250" thick when new.


Yes, lucky they come new too...
Just not the drive flanges.

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