Rear 6 caliper spacers?, I want to do this, how hard is it? |
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Rear 6 caliper spacers?, I want to do this, how hard is it? |
Jeffs9146 |
Mar 3 2004, 02:12 PM
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Ski Bum Group: Members Posts: 4,062 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Discovery Bay, Ca Member No.: 128 |
QUOTE Yes, the rear calipers are widened. Rich did this to fit the vented rotors. I wanted to retain rear parking brake and reason for sticking with stock 914 rear calipers. What all is involved if I want to put vented rotors on the rear of my factory 6? Can I just purchase the rotors, spacers, pins and bolt it all together? Jeff Attached image(s) |
brant |
Mar 4 2004, 09:42 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,632 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I've home-made the spacers before on a -4 rear caliper...
I've also just bought M911 calipers and stolen the spacer to vent a 914 front... Its not that big of a deal either way. split your rear caliper in half. trace out the face pattern... measure the spacer on a 911... buy stock of the same size, or slightly thicker... cut out the spacer.... drill the bolt holes and fluid passage... take it to a machine shop and have the faces cut perfect... also have the macine shop cut a square shoulder into the fluid passages for the seal... buy new seals... buy a core vented (911) caliper to steal the longer bolts and hardware from... bolt it all together. I had to custom make some pins for the pads... you'll have about 50bucks and a couple of hours into it.. just as well rebuild the whole caliper while your there... the breaking improvement is negligible... I'd take pictures but I sold mine after I realized it just added sprung weight and didn't really help with braking... I've since moved a 914 front caliper to the back and run it with and with out vented rotors... brant |
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