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BG Brian Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2010 Posts: 175 Location: sw washington
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:48 pm Post subject: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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I recently picked up some girling calipers from a 74 ghia to do a disc swap to my bug.Did a little searching and I guess they're really kind of a pain.My question is they take the oval style pads and do they need to be split in half to change the pads out?The pads seem to be much thicker than the slot |
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NWGhiaGuy Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2005 Posts: 700 Location: Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:59 pm Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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Are you sure you have the pistons pushed in all the way? |
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BG Brian Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2010 Posts: 175 Location: sw washington
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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No honestly I haven't really messed with them a whole lot.I'm waiting on a rebuild kit.I'm just not familiar with these calipers and don't see how to remove the discs without splitting them because the disc is wider than the slot
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NWGhiaGuy Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2005 Posts: 700 Location: Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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It's been a while since I've messed with these, but I think the pads slip out the other side once you pull the pins. That way you can change the pads with out pulling the caliper off the rotor (theoretically). |
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Mellow Yellow 74 Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2014 Posts: 1615 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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You should not need to split the caliper to remove the pads and you shouldn't have to move the pads into to slot where the disc goes - there should be enough space at the ends to wiggle them out so if there isn't, maybe these are not the correct pads? Good call on the caliper rebuild kits, they look a little crusty. _________________ 1962 Karmann Ghia
1974 Deluxe Microbus
1985 Caravelle (Vanagon) |
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semipixel Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2014 Posts: 56 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:52 am Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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Rotate the pads 90 degrees, the extra room from the flat side of the pads will let you slide them out. |
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BG Brian Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2010 Posts: 175 Location: sw washington
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:57 pm Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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Thanks guys like I said I haven't messed with them much.Probably easier than it looks |
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trelms Samba Member
Joined: August 06, 2015 Posts: 248 Location: Denver
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:03 am Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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speaking from experience...toss those in the trash. Pads are hard to find and they still make noise all the time..... go with a 2 pin setup at least. The girling pads are held in only by the spring and not the single pin. No matter how much anti squeel.
Just my .02$ _________________ '74 Ghia Vert SOLD |
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BG Brian Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2010 Posts: 175 Location: sw washington
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 1:37 am Post subject: Re: Girling caliper pad replacement |
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Update>parts are definitely hard to find.I got a rebuild kit and new pads from ebay because they are nla at my local import parts store or the bigger chains.These seem to be kinda the orphans .Anyhow after reading everything I found on here I filed the edges off the pads ,lots of goo on the backs and let it dry and greasing to edges I'm not getting any sqeal so far.Maybe I did something right.One thing I did find is the metal shims that go behind the pads have an arrow stamped in them.I couldn't find any info so i assumed thet were for the direction of wheel travel so that edge contacts first so that's how I installed them.Next time I will look for the 2 pin ATe calipers just for parts availability |
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