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Kenboy
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Disc Thickness
« on: Oct 3rd, 2008, 12:02pm » |
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Hi Guys am I right in thinking that there is a two wheel disc thickness one for heavy duty coswoth and mine which is a 2.3 1997 auto saloon I would appreciate your help on this one.
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scorpio_man
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #1 on: Oct 3rd, 2008, 12:34pm » |
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hi there
it's the size of them that's different.
the 2.3 uses 260mm vented fronts.
the 24v uses 278mm vented fronts, iirc.
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Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #2 on: Oct 3rd, 2008, 12:43pm » |
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Uhmmm Thanks for your prompt reply but a few years ago I had a couple of discs given to me by a member of this forum (Forgotten the name right now) all I know he lives at Evesham and is well into the mechanics of Scorpios they had been used but plenty of meat left on them, the point is when I offered them up to the calipers I found them to thick and this was without any disc brakes attatched as I thought maybe I had not wound back far enough I am interested in your view now, or is it me having a senior moment.Many Thanks Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #4 on: Oct 3rd, 2008, 9:47pm » |
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Kenboy.
Do you mean rear discs ? some cars were fitted with solid ie non vented much thinner discs.
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Jonnycab
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #5 on: Oct 4th, 2008, 3:03am » |
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Kenboy, Gozz has a point 
Most saloons had solid rear discs fitted. Vented discs were only usually fitted to estates, but some later facelift saloons (like mine ) do have vented rear discs fitted. The vented discs are thicker, so if want to replace the solid discs with vented discs then you'll have to replace the calipers as well 
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #6 on: Oct 4th, 2008, 11:03am » |
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hi there
we might be getting somewhere now.
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Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #7 on: Oct 5th, 2008, 11:12am » |
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Sorry for late reply the car in question has non vented discs fitted, probably standard for this car 1997 2.3 saloon and I am still mystyfied, perhaps they were given to me in good faith but for another model as they are definately to thick, btw just how thick should new discs be? Many Thanks Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #8 on: Oct 5th, 2008, 11:15am » |
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hi there
now it's getting confusing. 
are we talking about the front or rear brake discs?
the thickness specs are in the link above.
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Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #9 on: Oct 5th, 2008, 11:15am » |
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Whoops sorry Scorpio Man you had already put me on to the right specs please ignore last post
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #10 on: Oct 5th, 2008, 11:39am » |
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Mystery solved, the discs I had given to me are for the V6 Model, which are no good to me but if any one can use them then they are yours for free with very little wear and a full set.
Many Thanks Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #11 on: Oct 5th, 2008, 11:34pm » |
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BLIMEY ! 
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Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #12 on: Oct 8th, 2008, 4:19pm » |
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As a foot note I have ordered and recieved a complete set (Front and Rear) minus brake pads for £55 delivered and they are boxed aand brand new I would consider this a bargain, unless you know better?.
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #13 on: Oct 8th, 2008, 4:30pm » |
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Good price - where from ?
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Sierra XR4i's are great...especially when fitted with 4WD
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #14 on: Oct 9th, 2008, 7:41pm » |
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mailto:CLICKAMOTORPART@AOL.COM For you Scorpio Mike But do not go to him through Ebay use this Email Address anyway back to business as I previously mentioned I have recieved these discs (Extremely Prompt) and the front ones are now fitted But I have a problem with the rears. The spec advises 253mmx20mm but to my horror I discoverd that my rear discs are of the solid type there is an ID embossed on them and it is as follows 95 GB 2A 315 FA 9mm Can some kind soul please solve this for me ie what spec should I ask when ordering correct ones.
Many Thanks Kenboy
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #15 on: Oct 9th, 2008, 10:05pm » |
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Kenboy.
As far as I know there was only one type of solid disc fitted to the rear of the Scorp,therefore you just need to ask for non vented rear discs for Scorpio 95-98
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Re: Disc Thickness
« Reply #16 on: Oct 10th, 2008, 12:28pm » |
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Thankx for that.
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