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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,526 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
I'm putting together a pair of rear calipers for a six, which the previous owner had replaced with 911 rears to get the vented disks. He didn't keep the originals, it was back in the 80's and nobody cared.
Here's what I've got so far: ![]() On the left is a rebuilt stock 914/6 left rear. The plan is to add a spacer for vented disks. In the middle is a 914/6 right rear, which I got years ago that already has a spacer. It will be rebuilt. On the right is what I think is a right rear Ferrari 308 caliper, because the bleeder is in the wrong place. It can be a donor if absolutely needed. The rears the previous owner had installed are the first candidate for donors. My question today is about the RIBE hardware. ![]() On the left is the rebuilt stock, on the right is /6 caliper that had a spacer added. The fasteners on the left have sloped shoulders, while the other has more square shoulders, which I see on the front A and M calipers I've got. What was original, either for the stock calipers or the GT calipers? Is there any functional difference? Esthetically I'd like to get it all matching and correct before I send it all off to PMB, but that depends on availability. |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,526 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for all the feedback, Eric in particular for the encyclopedic knowledge of the particulars. It looks like the 60 and 65mm button head fasteners on the Ferrari were never used on the 914/6 GTs, so I don't need to chase down a set of those.
I wouldn't hold up the build for that non-functional distinction, but it's amazing how you can become invested in some of the smallest details when you disassemble a car to every nut and bolt. Now I just have to get the very rusty bleeders out of my donor M calipers. I suspect that the piston bores are not salvageable anyway. |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 27-June 21 From: Long Beach Member No.: 25,669 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Now I just have to get the very rusty bleeders out of my donor M calipers. I suspect that the piston bores are not salvageable anyway. Grab a torch (even a propane plumbing torch is fine) and get the bleeders to glow a bit...as soon as the color goes away, give it a try. 95% of the time they come out...the other 5% they break. As for bores, keep in mind, the bore is not the sealing surface....the piston is. In thousands of calipers I've rebuilt, I can count on one hand the amount where the bore was not serviceable after a good blasting. |
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