Help Identifying Parts
06-17-2014, 04:32 PM
#11
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Ok so I went a picked up 79 Granada calipers and everything looked perfect until I tried to attach the brake lines. The re manufactured caliper that is the exact same in every way except brake line attachment point in which it's an oval type connecting point instead of a square flat style on the original calipers.
Does this mean I have the wrong calipers? Or do I need to just get the brake line connecting section changed to the oval style?
Does this mean I have the wrong calipers? Or do I need to just get the brake line connecting section changed to the oval style?
06-17-2014, 05:09 PM
#12
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oh, what fun.
here is a 79 granada caliper. it does NOT use a banjo fitting with a bolt. the correct hose has threads on one end that thread directly into it with a copper sealing washer. sounds like you might have the wrong hoses.
the hub that the dust cap is pressed into is also slightly bigger than a 60's mustang so stock 60's wheels will not fit.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...03349&pt=03349
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http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...3345&ppt=C0066
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here is a 79 granada caliper. it does NOT use a banjo fitting with a bolt. the correct hose has threads on one end that thread directly into it with a copper sealing washer. sounds like you might have the wrong hoses.
the hub that the dust cap is pressed into is also slightly bigger than a 60's mustang so stock 60's wheels will not fit.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...03349&pt=03349
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http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...3345&ppt=C0066
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Last edited by barnett468; 06-17-2014 at 06:05 PM.
06-17-2014, 06:12 PM
#13
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visual for ya, so the plan is to just go ask for the brake lines for a 79 granada and swap them out as they are just basically attached at a screw and nut... how hard can it be lol
06-17-2014, 06:40 PM
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THE CALIPERS YOU POSTED LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. I HAVE NO IEAD WHAT YOU MEAN BY "OVAL" GRANADA HOSES WILL WORK BUT KEEP IN MIND THEY COME STRAIGHT OUT. IF YOU NEED A 90 DEGREE, JUST USE THE HOSE YOU HAVE WITH A WASHER THAT IS THICK ENOUGH TO STICK ABOVE THE CALIPER SURFACE SO IT WILL SEAL. I POSTED THE LINK TO THE GRANADA HOSE ALREADY. LOOK AT IT.
06-17-2014, 06:51 PM
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YES I SEE THE LINKS AND ITS APPARENT I NEED THE GRANADA HOSES YOU POSTED. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL AS I POSTED IT BEFORE I SAW YOUR LINKS AND IT WAS AN ACCIDENT...
THE BANJO FITTING WAS FLUSH TO THE CALIPER AND THE NEW CALIPER I PICKED UP IS NO WHERE NEAR FLUSH WHICH IS HARD TO SEE FROM THE PICTURE... I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VISIBLE BUT I SEE NOW ITS NOT. THE FITTING HAS TO BE THE DIRECT SCREW IN TYPE LIKE YOU POSTED AND I THANK YOU FOR FINDING THAT AND FIGURING THIS OUT FOR ME.
THE BANJO FITTING WAS FLUSH TO THE CALIPER AND THE NEW CALIPER I PICKED UP IS NO WHERE NEAR FLUSH WHICH IS HARD TO SEE FROM THE PICTURE... I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VISIBLE BUT I SEE NOW ITS NOT. THE FITTING HAS TO BE THE DIRECT SCREW IN TYPE LIKE YOU POSTED AND I THANK YOU FOR FINDING THAT AND FIGURING THIS OUT FOR ME.
06-17-2014, 07:13 PM
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so the hole sizes are different in the calipers. no idea what yours are.
06-17-2014, 08:32 PM
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Looks like I'll be able to get the hoses in the morning and they should just attach the hard brake lines without problem and I'll be good. I don't get how the calipers look exactly the same except for that brake line point. I must be missing something or else the re manufactured calipers come different.