[Alex]

I am trying to track down some large split pins to hold the pads into the front brake calipers. The problem is that I require pins around 100mm long and everywhere that I have looked only seems to stock lengths up to around 50-60mm.

Does anyone know of any suppliers which sell the longer lengths.

 

[cdaly]

These are front handbrake?

What you need is not split pins which are too soft for this application. There's a U-shaped steel pin that goes through the caliper and is secured with small split pins at the ends. It'll be available from Saab or from a scrapyard...

 

[Alex]

These are for the Princess calipers fitted to the T16S. I cannot use a standard fitting kit as the calipers have been split and spaced to fit over the 30mm thick vented disks fitted to the car. Unfortunately when removing the pads I had to cut the split pins on one side.

 

[cdaly]

You might have better luck (and maybe a better solution) having steel pins made up, peened over on one end like a rivet and drilled for a small split pin on the other end. Have you any idea of how much radial force these pins are subject to? The pads are held in place by the caliper in the rotational sense but, if there's radial force, the softer metal of split pins may be bent allowing the pads to get misaligned...

 

[Alex]

A friend of mine is into Range Rovers (he is building a Dakar at the moment) and will check the size of the pins that are used on his front calipers.

 

[pda]

Alex what size diameter are you looking for, alloy pins or steel?
I'll have a word at work in the morning :cheesy: :cheesy:
100mm x ?

Paul

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[Alex]

I would be looking for steel pins. Just measured the pins which are in the other caliper and they appear to be around 5mm in diameter. Not the most exact measurement as they aren't exactly true.