Dwayne,
Sounds like you have some pieces from the rear brakes mixed in with your
hardware. Take a look at a diagram for the rear brakes and see if the
extra springs and pins match these pictures.
Regards,
Peter Macholdt
'68 TR250 (Back on the road again with a rebuilt OD)
>I'm trying to put together a '73 that the DPO had partially taken apart in
>an aborted "restoration" attempt. He had the front calipers rebuilt (the
>only part of the restoration he completed!), so they were in a box when I
>got the car. I ordered new pads and a fitting kit from Moss, but am
>confused as to how the whole thing assembles. The fitting kit came with the
>following:
>
>(4) Shims
>(4) Pins
>(4) Spring clips for Pins
>(4) Unidentified longer springs/clips
>
>It's fairly easy to piece together the shims and the pads and the pins and
>the spring clips, but what I can't figure out is how the longer
>springs/clips fit into the puzzle. It seems like they might play a role in
>opening up the pads after braking. I can't fit them around the pins without
>bending 'em up and there's no mention of them in any of the diagrams I've
>found.
>
>Any help would be appreciated!
>________________________
>
>Dwayne Cooper
>Product Manager
>Paciolan
>dcooper@paciolan.com
>Phone: 949/476-1212
>Fax: 949/475-1199
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Peter Macholdt
(609) 466-6458
117 West Prospect Street
Hopewell, New Jersey 08525
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