Disks Ground down to nothing...

[Nova Modder]

scrappy said ?30 for a set of vented cav discs and calipers off a cav..

will it fit?

will the discs fit under my "15's? cause i KNOW they wont under the "13 steelies

need reply cause im gettin em 2moro mornin

[Dicko]

will fit easy with 15s.

make sure you bleed the brake system after fitting

[Nova Modder]

so theyll go straight on ?

gr8 :D

[dave.gsi]

would they fit under 14's????

[Nova Modder]

well cavs have "14's lol

[Aragorn]

make sure they are ATE calipers and not the delco ones

[Nova Modder]

how will i know the diff ?

[Aragorn]

ATE ones have a D shaped hole in the front of the caliper so u can see the back of the pad

and have ATE enscribed into the end of them

[epo]

apperently mikeinoxfords says 2 put em on with the nova gsi and gte 3 spoke wheels ull need wheel spacers i havent tried yet but i imagine hes right (usually is) but i recon they go on with other 14's and 15s deffo

[mikeoxford]

they do go on smaller wheels - but only some, as astras and things have diffrent dimension wheels.

the problem with the nova three psokes is the spokes of the alloy are quite thick, and in the dish of the alloy at the back there is not enough room for such caliper

using spacers gives it just enough room to fit the wheels on as it brings them out wider away from caliper.

the problem i had was brand new disks and pads on the one i tried it on so of course the problem was worse, but i imagine it would be easier with sh!t pads and discs

[jon_boy]

i got some calipers and disks off a nova gte from a scrappy. dont know if they are standard ones though. they say ate on em and thats bout all i can tell ya. anyone got any ideas as to whether they would fit under my 3 spokes. did ATE brakes come from any other car. can get the disk size if it helps. jon

[Dicko]

if it was off a gte then they are not standard. do they have a thin metal clip on the outside of the caliper? or is it the type with 2 metal pins?

also measure the discs, are they 238mm or 256mm

[Nova Modder]

got my brakes :D

got LOOOADS of pad left.. and the caliper has ATE in italics on it, and its got the d shaped hole :D

verry happy..

also stole various bits and bobs from the scrappy * s you do :p *

[mikeoxford]

some of the latter novas did have good ATE breaks fitted to them, as a trial for what is now on the corsa B

[Aragorn]

yer 1992 onwards had the same caliper with a different carrier and smaller disks as i found when fitting to my 1992 1.2i

so essensially all someone with the newer brakes would have to do is buy 2 carriers from Vaux (for astra 16v/cav 2.0) and get some astra 16v/cav 2.0 disks

easiest way to tell if they are the astra ones or late nova ones is to measure the disk - nova was 236mm in diameter the astra/cav disks were 256mm

[dathers]

The ate calipers fitted to novas and corsa have a smaller piston in the caliper,They are NOT the same.
Nova/corsa have 47mm pistons,
astra 16v/cav 2ltr have 52mm pistons,
And YES 5mm makes a hell of a difference.

The brakes you want are 256mm x 24mm discs with ATE 52mm piston calipers from a astra 16v/astra gsi,or cav 2ltr.
Dave