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Advice good for a '75 164, too? 140-160

posted by  Ken C on  Thu Nov 27 17:10 CST 2003
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I've got a newly acquired '75 164 that I'm restoring and upgrading (including 16" tires, eventually) -- but one of my first things is to work on the brakes. I'm intrigued about your comment, "...use 240T/260 calipers- bigger pad, more robust. You need to open the mount holes from 12mm to 1/2" (about .030") and may need to do some grinding to fit...."
Can you give me more details about the modifications to a 240's calipers to make them fit this car? Exactly what grinding needs to be done?
And regarding that 0.5" hole, prior to '75, the fasteners were American, but in '75 most (if not all) of the fasteners became metric, so I'm wondering if your advice (change the 12mm hole to 0.5") comes from experience with a pre-'75 164, or if you know for sure that it applies to a '75 as well.
Also, I've been thinking about using Ate "Powerdisks" (the ones with the slots in the form of two overlapping triangles) -- I'm happy with them on my newer 240's, but I don't know if I can get them for my '75 164. Does anyone know if the hubs will accept such rotors in a 240 version?
Thanks. And happy Thanksgiving.





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