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 '87 Montero brake caliper is...
#994572
04/22/10 04:38 AM
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like nothing i've ever seen. when i was a kid i worked at a monro doing basic services - brakes, oil, etc and i don't recall ever seeing a caliper like this, and i worked on ALOT of different stuff.
at any rate...it's pretty simple. undo the little cotter pins (2 inside and outside, top and bottom), slide the shims out, pop the "arms" of the anti-rattle clips out of the two holes on top and bottom and remove the center section, revealing the spots to service the pads.
'87 swb 5spd 2.6L Montero, >150k miles. Pretty much bone stock as purchased from user ToddStidham1, 'cept some Hella 500's, 700's and Hella ECE headlight conversions.
6'4", 315lbs
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Re: '87 Montero brake caliper is...
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#994573
04/22/10 06:53 AM
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Those are Ate' type brakes, like the Opel I used to have, and some Beemers and Mercedes I have had and worked on. You are just used to a Girling pattern brake. I've never found one easier than the other to work on...
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Re: '87 Montero brake caliper is...
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#994574
04/25/10 11:11 PM
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Those are Ate' type brakes, like the Opel I used to have, and some Beemers and Mercedes I have had and worked on. You are just used to a Girling pattern brake. I've never found one easier than the other to work on... ehh, i dunno. the weird feature for me was the angled shims with small cotter pins that are there instead of the usual booted and greased bolts - never seen anything like it. i like the ones with the greased pins, for sure. especially as these get older, the shims can rust and expand, and get rather hard to...umm..."coerce" out of the slots. i also didn't like the inner shim for the outer pad. they just seem a little rube goldberg for meh. i had the truck on the lift at a friends shop again, to do that and some other stuff, and the young dudes there were amazed.
'87 swb 5spd 2.6L Montero, >150k miles. Pretty much bone stock as purchased from user ToddStidham1, 'cept some Hella 500's, 700's and Hella ECE headlight conversions.
6'4", 315lbs
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Re: '87 Montero brake caliper is...
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#994575
04/26/10 12:48 AM
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I put half a million miles on Opels, 300k on the last one, and never had a problem with brake corrosion, but then, I never lived in Joisy, either. We put salt on the green beans here, not on the roads...
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Re: '87 Montero brake caliper is...
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#994576
04/26/10 01:11 PM
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Those are Ate' type brakes, like the Opel I used to have, and some Beemers and Mercedes I have had and worked on. You are just used to a Girling pattern brake. I've never found one easier than the other to work on... ehh, i dunno. the weird feature for me was the angled shims with small cotter pins that are there instead of the usual booted and greased bolts - never seen anything like it. i like the ones with the greased pins, for sure. especially as these get older, the shims can rust and expand, and get rather hard to...umm..."coerce" out of the slots. i also didn't like the inner shim for the outer pad. they just seem a little rube goldberg for meh. i had the truck on the lift at a friends shop again, to do that and some other stuff, and the young dudes there were amazed. Mine rusted and swelled up- and destroyed themselves. I could only sand them down and grease the hell out of them, didn't have to touch them for another 40k miles. Mitsu dealer couldnt get me those shims, they were a NSS part <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
1999 Mitsu Montero - Crappy Weather
1992 Isuzu Pickup - Zombie Apocalypse
2008 Saturn Sky Redline - Nice Weather
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Re: '87 Montero brake caliper is...
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#994577
04/26/10 02:25 PM
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Nice thing is the 88 4 cyl rotors and calipers are a bolt in. Make sure to get a dust shield.
Even better get the GEN 1 V6 setup.
Kevin
87 Turbo Intercooled Raider, roller cam, torsen rear diff, LSD front diff, lockup auto with modified converter, V6 brakes, low transfer case gears...
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