I'm looking to make up a rear disc conversion for a friends TR8. I need to find a rear caliper that has an integral cable activated parking brake. I know VWs use this system. What else does? We don't want the ones that have the small drum parking brakes that ride inside the hat of the rotor like on the Explorer. Just the ones where a lever actuates the caliper as well as does the hydraulics. I'm trying to convince him to either use a spot caliper or a Willwood system, but he wants to go cheap. That means something common and available for short money at any parts store.
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March 12, 2010 8:03 p.m. tr8todd New Reader
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March 12, 2010 8:08 p.m. EvanB HalfDork
The answer is always Miata
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March 12, 2010 8:08 p.m. zipty842 Reader
85-89 Toyota MR2 or 87-88 Corolla FX16
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March 12, 2010 8:20 p.m. ansonivan Reader
1998-2001 honda accords, other years probably do also.
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March 12, 2010 8:26 p.m. patgizz SuperDork
caddy seville from late 70's, same with ws6 2nd gen trans am, i think 3rd gen f bodies with rear discs, fox bodies with rear discs.
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March 12, 2010 8:32 p.m. P71 UltraDork
1st Gen RX-7's as well.
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March 12, 2010 8:36 p.m. 4g63t Reader
1g Eclipse, Galant VR-4
The answer is box Galant
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March 12, 2010 8:36 p.m. Ian_F New Reader
MINI's.
Pretty common on newer cars these days...
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March 12, 2010 8:47 p.m. irish44j Reader
wrx......alot of nissans
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March 12, 2010 8:56 p.m. Sonic Dork
90+ integras and 88+ civics with discs have it integrated in the caliper. BMWs have a small drum brake in the hub of the disc rotor
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March 12, 2010 9:55 p.m. TJ Dork
patgizz wrote:
caddy seville from late 70's,
I'm surprised...I would've guessed rear drums on a 70's caddy.
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March 12, 2010 10:07 p.m. unevolved Reader
Escorts did too, but that's really because they used the same caliper as Miatas. I think some 323s did as well.
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March 12, 2010 10:22 p.m. procainestart Dork
1988-1993 (+ 94 convert.) Saab 900s and all 9000s. 4-bolt (4x108), 10.2" disc, ATE caliper.
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March 12, 2010 10:50 p.m. impulsive New Reader
late 80's to early/mid 90's Isuzu trucks: Troops, Amigo, & P'up
10.45" rotor
plenty were sold but barely anyone cares to work on them so the salvage stuff is dirt cheap.
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March 12, 2010 11:40 p.m. neon4891 UberDork
IIRC, W-body GMs. I recall needing some PITA little tool to "reset" the caliper when changing pads
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March 12, 2010 11:58 p.m. DaveEstey New Reader
My 1994 Legacy sport wagon had them
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March 13, 2010 12:03 a.m. impulsive New Reader
PITA little tool
the magic cube?
the Zu calipers require this thing
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March 13, 2010 1:01 a.m. neon4891 UberDork
impulsive wrote:
I remember that thing, only One of the reasons I HATTED that Lumina with a supreem firey passion.PITA little tool
the magic cube?
the Zu calipers require this thing
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March 13, 2010 5:44 a.m. ZOO Dork
C4 Corvettes. too.
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March 13, 2010 7:49 a.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
Focus SVT bits. Can get them straight from Ford too.
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March 13, 2010 7:52 a.m. car39 Reader
RWD Volvo's
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March 13, 2010 8:15 a.m. fifty Reader
impulsive wrote:
PITA little tool
the magic cube?
the Zu calipers require this thing
For the VW rear calipers, i had more success with this tool:
http://www.germanautoparts.com/Tools/Volkswagen/Brake+tools
You have to compress the piston while turning it at the same time - I didn't have the mOtOr SkIlLz to do it with the (cheaper) cube. The knock-off of the VW factory tool that i linked to made it super easy.
Sidenote on the VW rear caliper - these are about as rare as rocking horse poop, and consequently pretty pricey. Rebuild parts are also hard to find. - if it were me I'd go with a more common caliper that's easy / cheap to rebuild and has a lot of performance pad options - eg Civic, Miata etc.
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March 13, 2010 9:12 a.m. joey48442 SuperDork
neon4891 wrote:
impulsive wrote:
I remember that thing, only One of the reasons I HATTED that Lumina with a supreem firey passion.PITA little tool
the magic cube?
the Zu calipers require this thing
What's so bad about that little tool? I thought it wa kinda neat when I was working in some lesabre brakes.
Joey
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March 13, 2010 9:55 a.m. Wonkothesane New Reader
Even though there has been more than enough suggestions, the 2nd Generation Rx7s also used these. I'd look for a junked one with the 5-bolt pattern, as they had upgraded brakes from the 4 bolt ones. You can pick up the calipers for a song practically on rx7club.com. They're also easy/cheap to rebuild.
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March 13, 2010 4:10 p.m. White_and_Nerdy Reader
Saturns with 4 wheel discs (cars equipped with ABS up thru, what, 98 or so when they switched to rear drums for everything) have an integrated e-brake.
