256 into 14 does go!

[Anonymous]

LOL, got my brakes fitted this afternoon, turns out they ditted with no probs - 256x24mm 16v Vented discs and calipers. Space between wheel and caliper is only about 2-3mm, but thats enough!
Got the car home with no probs but the back brakes are sticking now even though i just had a new wheel cylinder put on! Think its cos i need them adjusted as i havent got a handbrake cable on - so back to the garage to get that fitted monday (adjuster had fell off so the new one is cable tied up for the mo)
Pedal does feel weird though, lots of travel. Perhaps im going to have to get another servo too?

[Anonymous]

have a look at the problem yourself mate. Get yourself a Haynes manuel. Its very clear and simple..........and you can save yourself money to use for other mods!

[Anonymous]

i'd like to see these fitted... cause they didn't fit on mine and i will prove this at the shows when i try and fit an sri steel on mine :D

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[Anonymous]

ste - im serious mate, i measured the discs myself b4 they went on, 256mmx24mm, ate calipers, my car is 91 J SR (not i) I dont know if the wheels on mine are perhaps different somehow from the later sri ones but i doubt it. Ill borrow a digital camera this weekend if i can and take a photo!
Im still not out of the woods though cos ive got a strange clunking now which sounds like a driveshaft.......perhaps its the caliper hitting the wheel LOL :D

[Anonymous]

mine go on - told u i werent lying
sr1.4 mk2

[Anonymous]

the travel in your brake is because the back brakes need adjusting your automatic adjuster aint working! but then who's does LOL


:D your home is at risk if you do not keep up repayments :D

[Anonymous]

Wheres the automatic adjuster on the brakes ? I have lost the handbrake cable adjuster (bit where the 2 cables join)hence why I have no handbrake til i get another one.
Any ideas on the clunking sound people? Its pretty loud at low speed and speeds up as the car goes faster, coming from passenger side footwell area! Driveshafts?

[Anonymous]

my adjuster works but only after a bit of bending :D

the adjusters in the rear drum marco

[Anonymous]

LOL, Drove to work this morning and still have clunking sound, looked at calipers and a bit of the silver paint has rubbed off on the face! Maybe they are hitting the wheels at some point! Either that or it is maybe just oil or something, ill need to have a closer look. Maybe get some jamex spacers n e way.....

[Anonymous]

dont bother mate. keep them as they are. if they where catching the wheel you would know about it. it might not look much but that couple of mm gap is enough. just jack the car up and spin the wheel you'll see then. your bearing aint gone have they, that could cause the wheel to me movin slightly causing rubbage.

oh they fit under mine to(as marko knows!)

[Anonymous]

the wheel bolts could need tightening. i know it sounds stupid but when i had a knocking sound from the wheel i took the centre cap off to find three of the bolts finger tight! i was a few miles away from a nasty accident! lol :D

[Anonymous]

a few mm is fuck all once the pads wear down and the caliper body moves

dont be stupid change the breaks or the wheels pronto

Micky@novaload.net

[Anonymous]

i think i've worked out why they fit!! are u using pattern pads or genuine vaux ones??? or uprated ones

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[Anonymous]

Well the Astra GTE 16v only has 14" so why would they not fit!!!a 14" Vauxhall rim!with a ET 49mm?

[Anonymous]

becuase the astra gte wheels are not nova 14" wheels LMAO

Micky@novaload.net

[Anonymous]

tear drop astra gte wheels ARE 14"

i have fitted genuine vx pads and AP pads without problems..

steve are the sri wheels or hubs different cuz they fine on my sr, with about 1/4 inch gap

[Anonymous]

they may have the same diameter but the width and maybe offset are different

Im a Corporate tart :D

[Anonymous]

the astra ones are .5" wider

i refer to them as sri steels cause sr steels were 13" on a-h reg

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[Anonymous]

hmmm, mines is a 91 J 14x5 wheels, anyway the brakes are not causing clunking sound as even after i fitted spacers it is still happening but only from 1 side - btw im using apec pads and disks.

[Anonymous]

"tear drop astra gte wheels ARE 14""

yes but there N O T the nova 14" wheels for fucks sake!

how stupid?

Micky@novaload.net

[Anonymous]

lol.....it's hard work isn't it Micky lol

Keep trying...they may get it eventually ;)