Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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As above to fit bx 16v

Are they all the same for the bx's?
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Re: Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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16Valve is different as it has vented disc, all the rest are similar to eachother.
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Re: Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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Cheers kaap

I'll keep an eye out for some, discs are cheap £10 each or so and pads too.
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Re: Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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only the jaw is different, so you really only need that the piston and housing side of the caliper is the same
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Re: Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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I'll most likely just change the whole thing.

I've just been offered a second hand rack complete with ram that looks ok
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Re: Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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The discs are the vented as pointed out above, but beware the flexy brake pipes. I believe the ABS fitted models have a 9mm thread (probably fine or ultra fine) are used into the caliper. The standard solid disc models have a 10mm (fine or ultrafine) thread. Do not mangle a caliper fitting the wrong flexy tubing. If I'm wrong about this, someone please correct me. I have mangled a caliper thread with an incorrect 10mm thread on a std solid disc car, and so has rutter. Don't touch a Moprod pipe.... :wink:
Both discs and pads are available, some dealers have been binning these discs cheaper than the solid ones from other factors. The Bendix pads are still available AFAIK.
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Re: Wanted front Calipers to fit bx 16v

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Thanks tinkley I'll double check before fitting
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