[Fot] unidentified Brake Calipers

[Jack Wheeler]

You are right John, that caliper was used on early TR-3's, and 3A's.  The later 3A's had a caliper that was similar, but didn't have the external tube which delivered brake fluid to both halves of the caliper.  The later TR-3A calipers did not have this external tube.  The very early TR-4's also used the same caliper as the later TR-3A's, without the external tube.  The caliper in the picture, and the one which came after it (without the tube) were interchangeable.  They were not interchangeable with the later caliper used on the TR-4, as John mentioned below.  The rotor and caliper mounting bracket were different.  I think this latest style caliper was also used on the TR-3B's, or at least some of them.  The change-over on the TR-4 came during the production of the TR-3B's, in the summer of 1962.
Jack Wheeler

 

      From: John Styduhar <johnstydo at gmail.com>
 To: Stephen Borowski <biznzman at pacbell.net> 
Cc: Triumph 'Friends of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 8:27 AM
 Subject: Re: [Fot] unidentified Brake Calipers
   
That caliper looks like the one fitted to the TR3 and early TR3A (according to the Moss catalog) and uses the 11" rotor and related brake pads and hardware/plumbing. The factory may have used this old-style caliper on the early TR4 if they were leftover stock or your car was converted back.  If you want to run the later style caliper and pads (like the 16P), you have to change over the caliper mounting bracket and use the smaller 10 3/4" rotor. 
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Stephen Borowski <biznzman at pacbell.net> wrote:

Hello All,I decided to stay with the TR4 stock front brake calipers for my vintage racer, but as I took a look at the 25 year old units from when I raced in the 80’s the calipers don’t look like any TR calipers. I must have changed them. I don’t know what there off. Can anyone identify them?
I believe the TR6 calipers bolt right on to the existing set up and are more available. I assume they would perform as well and use the same size disks? Any comments. Most Vintage rules allow similar replacements.
I have attached two pictures for you to view.
Thxs. Steve & MatthewFL
_______________________________________________
fot at autox.team.net

http://www.fot-racing.com

Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/johnstydo@gmail.com






_______________________________________________
fot at autox.team.net

http://www.fot-racing.com

Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/jwheeler1947@yahoo.com




  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/fot/attachments/20151217/f95d4fb3/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Unidentified Brake Cal.JPG
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 723450 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/fot/attachments/20151217/f95d4fb3/attachment-0006.jpe>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Unidentified Brake Cal2.JPG
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 678549 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/fot/attachments/20151217/f95d4fb3/attachment-0007.jpe>