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GT Brakes
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 10:51 pm
by KJB
New GT Disc Brake Backing Plates on EBay # 330731030033.
KB
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 12:36 am
by Glenn
kind of expensive for a bit of steel. Me thinks his estimate of what they cost him to have made is over the top too.
all the more reason i think to look at replacing the whole brake package.
Like the TP Magna conversion. I am still investigating this (another thread here) I went back to see about getting the rear disks etc fom the car in the wreckers to find an almighty gap in the yard...... they had the crushers in and removed about 100 cars, including 'my' TP donor car ! BUGGER.
glenn
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:12 am
by Glenn
Doing some cleaning up and found and old Mazda DIY book. Quite surprised to see that the disk brakes are very similar to GT's. Calipers have internal piping but the PADS look like GT though.
Rotor is similar size, even the hub appears like it might interchange with GT ???
Maybe the seal is same size as GT ?
The chances of finding one of these cars in wreckers is pretty slim though, but pictures show the similarities.
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:23 am
by Glenn
If anybody has brake part books, would be interesting to look up what pads they use.
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:25 am
by PR95
Brake padss are available ex Japan.
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:11 pm
by Glenn
I wa wondering if the disk or hub etc might be adaptable. The disk might be listed with DBA etc while GT is not.
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:37 am
by BULLITT
hey geoff wouldnt phils rotary in brisbane know all about this stuff? cheers davo just a thought ///
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:37 am
by PR95
Not sure, but Greg had some brake pipes made the other day and they told him that one model Mazda used the same fitting as the front caliper of GT.
Looks like gt sedtup.
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:05 am
by PR91
going back to the backing plates....
i took mine off my GT. cooler brakes = happier brakes!
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:53 pm
by JT191
PR91 wrote:going back to the backing plates....
i took mine off my GT. cooler brakes = happier brakes!
This one has been bugging me for a while.
How do you keep the brake lining (friction puck) from falling out of the brake caliper, without the brake pad backing plate (the flat steel plate that the brake lining is glued to and has the little holes for the pins that hold it in the caliper)?
Re: GT Brakes
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:08 am
by Glenn
I think Brett is talking of the large round backing plates behind the whole disk brake assembly.