Guess What ?

[phunkynova]

Who can work out what car these come off and whats odd about them ?.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/phunkferret/20150222_124440_zpsd4c166bb.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/phunkferret/20150222_124517_zpsed7edd2e.jpg

[Stuart]

Pads look split

a Volvo?

[phunkynova]

Split pads yes
Volvo no
4 individual pad in one caliper, why ?

[Stuart]

Oddball safety thoughts.... Ie nearly all the benefits of 4 pots but some fall back if a piston sticks etc... Frankly silly lol
hence the thought of VolvoVolvo

[phunkynova]

Good Stuart but no not for safety and still not a Volvo.

[tommy8252]

They look like old ldv/transit callipers. Doubt they are and no idea why each piston has an individual pad.

[phunkynova]

Nope not LDV or Transit.

[mowgli]

i assume they are home made 4 pots.. made out of 2 x 2 pots bolted together.. the split pins scare me as they are hardly strong... are they early fwd vw?

[Stuart]

The split pins are only there to stop the pads falling out lol

[millworm]

Wild guess but are they split pads to dissipate heat quicker?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

1986 kawasaki ninja

[phunkynova]

i assume they are home made 4 pots.. made out of 2 x 2 pots bolted together.. the split pins scare me as they are hardly strong... are they early fwd vw?

Nope not home made a standard fitment and not VW but you must cut the pads in half yourself.

[phunkynova]

Wild guess but are they split pads to dissipate heat quicker?

Sorry it's not for that reason

[phunkynova]

1986 kawasaki ninja

They are not off any motorbike.

[Southie]

Could be off an old Princess maybe.

[Stuart]

haaaang on....

From a Mini.
and to get the pads to fit the need to be cut to go on the tighter radius? yeee haw bodge lol

[phunkynova]

haaaang on....

From a Mini.
and to get the pads to fit the need to be cut to go on the tighter radius? yeee haw bodge lol

No not a Mini. The pads must be cut in half to fit in each side of the caliper (so your cut a standard 2 piece set into 4) as the original ones are no longer made. These calipers where fitted to at lease 2 or 3 different makes of car.

[Stuart]

Based on your location then, it'll be a lada or trabant or something odd like that lol

[phunkynova]

Stuart's getting close but not there yet and why are they split ?.

[mowgli]

surely not some scary old rear engined skoda? and the design is because of soviet shortages

[bazzap8389]

A yugo?

[phunkynova]

A 4 pot caliper on a old Skoda............Yes but which one and which axle and why split ?.

[mowgli]

money is on rear axle

surely its not so they could run a disc handbrake?

or was the split pads so they didn't overheat & stick?

[Stuart]

Front axle of the 110 r ?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

the individual pads offer superior grip apparently

[phunkynova]

Stuart is getting very close but not there yet.
As for individual pad giving more bite I'm not sure, if this was true would not all high performance car have this set up ?.

[Stuart]

Was it so you could put a bit of wood in there and make the pads last twice as long for maximum pikey points

[phunkynova]

Was it so you could put a bit of wood in there and make the pads last twice as long for maximum pikey points

Stuart has now given up lol

[phunkynova]

Okay look closely at the caliper and you will see there are 2 points for bleed nipples, by the way this a clue. Plus in one photo the caliper is mounted on a axle.

[totalnova]

Is it so you can change pads without taking the calipers off?

[phunkynova]

No sorry it's not the answer totalnova.

[mowgli]

were they cut down so a different pad could be made to fit, to satisfy some sort of motorsport class where factory calipers must be used?? the hub photo looks like a drive axle, so i'd guess rears.

[phunkynova]

Mick your on the right line.
They are rear axle.
But they are not to some satisfy some motorsport class but where used on a very special cars.

[mowgli]

fiddle brakes for off road trials cars?

[phunkynova]

Very Close Mick I must say but no.

[mowgli]

its not some sort of communist traction control is it? as in put slight pressure on the brakes to stop wheelspin?

[phunkynova]

Now Mick your get to advanced this is 70's technology.

[mowgli]

and the works skoda rally cars were run on pence, nicked stuff & scrap

[Stuart]

was it some sort of scam to appear to be running two calipers on one disc to get away from a "no 4 piston caliper" rule?

[mowgli]

hydraulic handbrake?

[mowgli]

i've been looking at the pics again. the metal bar is obviously a modification too. is it something odd like a way of getting a large caliper onto a small diameter disc, and the pads warp in their original/modified form?

[phunkynova]

Mick you got it right with the Hydraulic Handbrake, one half is for the normal foot brake and the other half handbrake both having there own system.
The car is a Skoda 130RS.

[Southie]

That's ideal for passing an mot over in England then as both hydraulic and standard handbrake will work.

[EwanG]

What about a Scottish mot?? lol

[mowgli]

money is on rear axle

surely its not so they could run a disc handbrake?

or was the split pads so they didn't overheat & stick?

here´s a suggestion I made earlier :]

[wwmnw]

There's no fooling our Mick, wisdom comes with age and that guys old!

[phunkynova]

money is on rear axle

surely its not so they could run a disc handbrake?

or was the split pads so they didn't overheat & stick?

Sorry Mick some how I missed this reply in the thread. :tard: