D1: front brake calipers in the rear

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EricTyrrell said:
$40 each
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Plus $200(?) shipping from the UK. How much does a pair of calipers weigh? 25 pounds? Unless Her Majesty's Royal Mail has a flat rate international box for those things the freight costs will be high.

Last pair of calipers I shipped I used a USPS flat rate box that ran about $15. The postal employee at the counter gave me a really dirty look when I plonked that box down. USPS probably lost money on that shipment.
 
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For now, I just replaced the rotors and pads in the rear. Maybe things improve somewhat.

By the way, found a reason why left rear caliper appeared to be sticking - one pad rotated about 8 degrees inside the caliper. One more reason to convert.
 
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Not sure if I like how far that bracket places the caliper out from the axle, without much support. I'm sure it's fine, but yea, idk who thought putting shipwreck-grade photos on the site was a good idea.
 
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MM3846 said:
Not sure if I like how far that bracket places the caliper out from the axle, without much support. I'm sure it's fine, but yea, idk who thought putting shipwreck-grade photos on the site was a good idea.
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The bracket places the caliper the same distance from the axle as the stock one, otherwise it wouldn't work.
 
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110 rears bolted up. no cast adapter required
 

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rear. late 1990s 110

rotor is the same as a front d1
 

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fishEH said:
So what's the advantage? They have bigger pads?
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bigger pistons. bigger pads. larger diameter rotor. real retaining pins so the pads dont get all cockeyed after a while. i guess thicker rotor could be an advantage if you're the type who turns them rather than replaces them
 

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EricTyrrell said:
Is this your recent effort? What was the cost in sourcing parts?
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haven't driven it yet, took it down to fix a bunch of stuff before an upcoming trip. Had a real bad axle seal leak, so whatever this does it'll be an improvement.

I got it all from RN, and I went with the proline stuff.

CALIPER STC1268 (PLH346A)
CALIPER STC1269 (PLH347A)
ROTORS FTC3846 (PLN954)
BRAKE RNH601 PADS (PLH601)
 
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