Full Version: Front Brake Difference?
So I just ordered replacement calipers (from Parts-Geeks..) and they listed right and left part numbers... so I ordered one of each. Now I've removed the old calipers in prep for receiving the replacement, and I can't see any difference in them at all!! So if they are different, how do I tell which is which... I see the pistons are oriented differently depending on which side they are one, but that's all I see.... and the ones I pulled out didn't have the piston retainer plate shown in the Haynes manual.. Is that one of those 'Factory Extra' parts the previous owner threw away?? Dave
ask them. Eric and I have our feelings hurt!
(seriously though they are actually interchangeable from 73-76 with the dual bleeder nipples. Get the vibration dampeners, orient the pistons and than you will have a left and right caliper!!! (just as you say!) Make sure that you install them though.
So I just ordered replacement calipers (from Parts-Geeks..) and they listed right and left part numbers... so I ordered one of each. Now I've removed the old calipers in prep for receiving the replacement, and I can't see any difference in them at all!! So if they are different, how do I tell which is which... I see the pistons are oriented differently depending on which side they are one, but that's all I see.... and the ones I pulled out didn't have the piston retainer plate shown in the Haynes manual.. Is that one of those 'Factory Extra' parts the previous owner threw away?? Dave
(seriously though they are actually interchangeable from 73-76 with the dual bleeder nipples. Get the vibration dampeners, orient the pistons and than you will have a left and right caliper!!! (just as you say!) Make sure that you install them though.
QUOTE(DJKnut @ Nov 11 2010, 03:17 PM) 
So I just ordered replacement calipers (from Parts-Geeks..) and they listed right and left part numbers... so I ordered one of each. Now I've removed the old calipers in prep for receiving the replacement, and I can't see any difference in them at all!! So if they are different, how do I tell which is which... I see the pistons are oriented differently depending on which side they are one, but that's all I see.... and the ones I pulled out didn't have the piston retainer plate shown in the Haynes manual.. Is that one of those 'Factory Extra' parts the previous owner threw away?? Dave
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