[928uk] Brake Damper Plate Questions

Alan Baldwin alan_b at mac.com
Thu Feb 5 22:55:57 GMT 2004


I fitted EBC greens with damper plates to GT calipers for Angus with 
EBCs.  No issues with fitting them.  They did fit.

Alan
89GT

On 5 Feb 2004, at 22:35, Jon Holdsworth wrote:

> Joshua
>
> Don't rush to buy the damper plates - I have this vague memory that 
> the EBC
> pads say not to use them (because they won't fit) I can't be certain 
> without
> removing some pads to check !
>
> If you are trying to cure brake squeal as well as change pads it is 
> most
> likely that the stainless spring plates above and below the pad are 
> being
> forced away from the caliper by the aluminium underneath corrodoing. 
> The
> only solution is to remove spring plates and remove the corrosion and 
> then
> reapint the caliper to prevent more corrosion.
>
> My EBC Greens work great.
>
> Jon
> Black SE
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 928uk-bounces at 928.org.uk [mailto:928uk-bounces at 928.org.uk]On
>> Behalf Of Joshua Breckeen
>> Sent: 05 February 2004 15:21
>> To: 928uk Mailing List; RENNLIST 928
>> Subject: [928uk] Brake Damper Plate Questions
>>
>>
>> Hey all . . .
>>
>>
>> This spring (first good weather day), I will undergo a pad change on 
>> all
>> four corners of my '91 GT.  After hearing the good reviews, I will be
>> purchasing EBC "Green's".
>>
>> I am putting together the list of parts now, and am having a bit
>> of trouble
>> finding the sizes of the damper plates are needed.  The PET list about
>> 1,000,000 different sizes for my year.  But as far as I can
>> discern, I need
>> as follows:
>>
>> Front (each):   2 X 44mm & 2 X 36mm
>>
>> Rear (each):    2 X 30mm & 2 X 28mm
>>
>>
>> Are these numbers correct?
>>
>> And I can only guess that the calipers have different inside and 
>> outside
>> piston diameters?!
>>
>> I have already printed out every brake tech procedure I can find,
>> and thank
>> all of you who have complied these procedures!!
>>
>>
>> Joshua Breckeen
>> email at jbreckeen.org
>>
>> Hertfordshire, U.K.
>>
>> 91 GT   Polar Silver Metallic
>>
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