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[bert998]

A chap on finity reckons he's used a single hose off the metro set up. Can anyone shed any light on this, anyone know anything about the threads on the metro brakes?

[$way]

If i have understood right, the connectors will be tighten over the hose and inside the connector, there's a "pearl" which holds the hose in place and prevents leaking.

by the way. look at the goodridge catalog. Lot of different kind of connectors and hoses there.

edit: look at the chapter 10. There are assembly instructions

This post has been edited by Purtsi: Today, 12:49 PM

ok cheers mate.

EDIT file damaged. the pdf doesnt work for me...

A chap on finity reckons he's used a single hose off the metro set up. Can anyone shed any light on this, anyone know anything about the threads on the metro brakes?

no idea must be m10x1 if it works, who is the user ill pm him on minifinity?

J

Edited by $way, 13 February 2007 - 02:39 PM.

[$way]

PM sent

ill post any reply in here.

J

[markrally]

A chap on finity reckons he's used a single hose off the metro set up. Can anyone shed any light on this, anyone know anything about the threads on the metro brakes?

You may be able to utilize a metro pipe but the banjo bolt will be different, Metro is 3/8" UNF and fiesta is M10x1.0 and dont forget to get the correct length banjo bolt as there is 2 lengths depending on which banjo you fit as you need at least 4-5 threads in the caliper after you have fitted copper washers both sides.

Cheers

[bert998]

A chap on finity reckons he's used a single hose off the metro set up. Can anyone shed any light on this, anyone know anything about the threads on the metro brakes?

You may be able to utilize a metro pipe but the banjo bolt will be different, Metro is 3/8" UNF and fiesta is M10x1.0 and dont forget to get the correct length banjo bolt as there is 2 lengths depending on which banjo you fit as you need at least 4-5 threads in the caliper after you have fitted copper washers both sides.

Cheers

sounds like a plan

[$way]

ive just had a reply from the guy on minifinity.

Hello mate what i had on my car was metro 4 pots and i removed the cailpers and fitted ford ones i took the link pipe off and fitted the banjo on the end of the pipe and the banjo bolt fitted the cailper (the cailpers came from a MK2 fiesta)

so the banjo bolt must have been m10x1...

[bert998]

looks like it might be worth buying a full metro set up then if your considering this conversion.

[$way]

yup.

[$way]

just had a look at brake unions in the gpr catalogue ive got. which do i want out of concave or convex seat unions?

[bert998]

whats the thread on the mini caliper? 3/8 unf?

[markrally]

whats the thread on the mini caliper? 3/8 unf?

Yep

[miniboo]

demon tweeks sell m10x1 banjo bolts only a few quid each

[$way]

ok i mocked the assembly up yesterday, i havent turned my discs down yet so it wasnt a great mock up, but i found the disc sits towards the outside of the car and not in the middle of the mounting bracket.

has anyone else found this with mkII's?

i plan to face of the inside of the drive flange so the disc sits further inside, its only like 1.5-2mm. nothing drastic.

hopefully will be getting hoses once its all bolted up in place.

J

[Gr4h4m]

ok i mocked the assembly up yesterday, i havent turned my discs down yet so it wasnt a great mock up, but i found the disc sits towards the outside of the car and not in the middle of the mounting bracket.

has anyone else found this with mkII's?

i plan to face of the inside of the drive flange so the disc sits further inside, its only like 1.5-2mm. nothing drastic.

hopefully will be getting hoses once its all bolted up in place.

J

yep we have found the same a small washer spaced the caliper bracket spot on. We haven't finished the mock-up yet but we have everything ready now, all of the old parts have been degrease, wire brushed and painted black and man they look cool now... We are creating a small how to vid so will post it when we are done as we are refurbing the hubs too

Edited by Gr4h4m, 17 February 2007 - 08:45 PM.

[$way]

coolcool.

i might do the same then, certainly easier than getting on a lathe at college.

might face the dirve flange off at a later date just to make it all flush and lovely...