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some advice on brakes please

craig 16 Apr 2007, 5:26pm
Rich I think that caliper looks :thumb:

What to do :decision:

Need them to fit 282mm as that is what I currently have, I wonder whether marlin could supply uprights for 282mm and at what cost?

Anyone know how much an upright is from marlin??

I can't really resist at only £79 each for the calipers as it's peanuts
Ric H 16 Apr 2007, 5:58pm
You know, I was thinking after posting that message that actually the only dimension that changes to move to a larger disc is the "height" of the mounts - i.e. to move the whole caliper radially outwards. In other words you might get by with some 10mm spacers between the caliper body and the tapped mounts on the upright. It would still be stiff in the directions that matter and in fact the greater bolt stretch might be no bad thing. Alternatively, I'm sure Marlin could make these mounts a few mm higher without much problem. Incidentally, the mounts appear to be for the 47mm top-hat disc, not the 45mm if that makes any difference to you. At least I hope I'm right because that's what I ordered :eusa_think:
alackofspeed 16 Apr 2007, 8:31pm
craig wrote:
I can't really resist at only £79 each for the calipers as it's peanuts


He he - Another change of heart!:laugh:

What are you doing with the rears??
craig 17 Apr 2007, 7:33am
:noidea: what to do about the rears?

But currently I have the larger 262mm discs so anything I changes would have to be big enough for these discs and accept the handbrake cable!