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capri rear brakes

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:40 pm
by anton
Free to good home

Tidy set of capri rear drums with back plates, shoes, braided line and cylinders - i'm clearing clutter and can see the car again :-)

Drop me an email if your want them

drums

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:18 pm
by stylussprinter
Anton , are Capri drums an exact fit onto Escort M2 English axle ???

Rob

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:06 am
by anton
That's a good question - i think so there. They're off a atlas axle but i can measure up the mounting holes if people want - they look bigger than the escort stuff i've seen so maybe improve braking a bit.

Drum Sizes

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:18 pm
by Cerberus
What size are the standard escort drums :?: i've just looked at mine and they are 9.5" could they be capri or standard :?: if they are capri theres your answer.

Phil :D

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:19 pm
by anton
Right i'm pretty sure they're 9" drums but they're different to the ones that go on an escorts i guess this is because of the axle. i think an escort runs an english axle and the bigger engine crapi runs the atlas. Whether these would do as an upgrade i'm unsure i suspect it depends on the bolt pattern onto the axle and whether the deth of the halfshafts from bearings to mating face will be too small.

Darn complicated these simple things! :roll:

9 ''

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:15 pm
by stylussprinter
Well mine are 9 inch on my English axle and I know 8's and 9's are interchangable but wasn't sure that 9's were from Capri's . I assumed they were an upgrade from an RS2000. I'd like them Anton but if they turn out to be different fitting wise someone else can have them for their Atlas axle at any time. :roll:

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:17 pm
by Pete&Matt
we have 9 inch drums on the back and they were off a 1600 capri. The 1600 & 1800's had an English axle on the capri i think! they bolted straight onto our english axle without any problems at all!

Re: 9 ''

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:56 pm
by anton
stylussprinter wrote:Well mine are 9 inch on my English axle and I know 8's and 9's are interchangable but wasn't sure that 9's were from Capri's . I assumed they were an upgrade from an RS2000. I'd like them Anton but if they turn out to be different fitting wise someone else can have them for their Atlas axle at any time. :roll:
Rob my dear fellow if you want them they're yours :-) - if they don't fit then someone else can have dib's on them from you :)

9 inch

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:35 pm
by stylussprinter
Great , thanks Anton. :wink:

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:37 am
by Schrodinger
On a slightlly different tack, if anyone is having difficulty getting spare parts for the escort brakes I beleive that the Sierra items will fit with no bother.

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:23 am
by Pete&Matt
i had no problems getting hold of the bits for the 9" brakes from a local motor factor. the 7" van brakes which i originally had however is a different story!