Disc brakes - advice please...

[rizlarizla]

yeah - the guy is based in southampton

I am based in slough...yeah it was a trek - but worth it - if all works out   
- i also got some alloys from him...which i think might fit my 126 also...standard seicento alloys...
if not - i will be putting them on ebay..!

I will check my email....thanks

[Eklipze3k]

As long as they have the standard 165/55 tyres on they'll fit no bother  [-/

Not sure how good they'll look mind you   </7

[rizlarizla]

i agree but beggars can't be choosers....(esp if i have a limited budget)

LOL

I will polish up and maybe colur different..

[Eklipze3k]

I'll be interested to see how they look as I may need to put my Sei alloys on the 126 temporarily while I refurb the Minilites, someone's tried to do it before and made an 'orrible job of it!

Sorry, going a bit of topic now

I did notice - if you've got the cash - that either Ricambi or Ricambio do a disc brake conversion kit which includes everything you need but it's not cheap, £450+ IIRC 

[rizlarizla]

yep - i saw that too...£400 !! 

well so far i have spent £50/60 on brake discs/calipers hubs etc...probably another £20 on the plates...then maybe ask a mechanic if he can do anything with it (unless i can get instructions of soem sort..?)

I will keep you posted on the alloys also...(thanks for makeing it another topic) 

[rizlarizla]

i managed to pull a schematic for adapter plates - for 126 brake disc conversions.....maybe someone will find it useful...unfortunatley i can't seem to add to this post...so if someone needs it PM me... 

I had some advice from Phreak97 - and awaiting a response to a question but he thinks the plate is not required - just need to drill a hole somewhere (apparently it is obvious - but i won't know until i get the coversion started ..)  

[bis13]

where are you going to drill holes? you will need a plate to fit it all together maybe our australian friend has been out in the sun for too long someone chuck him a tinnie..

[Dom]

If you look back to this vintage post you can see the disc kit that I ended up using, complete with some pretty pictures. I think that they are the callipers that have been referred to as FSO Polonez. They are also very similar to early Uno/X/19/Panda brakes.

http://club126uk.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1909.msg11218#msg11218

Dom

[Rusty's Uncle]

Hi Dom , did you ever have any problems with the wheel mounting threads in the aluminium adaptor plate shown in that thread that allow the mounting of the 500 or early 126 wheels 

[Dom]

Hi Dave,

I didn't have a problem with the adapter mounting to the wheels, however I did end up scrapping the idea and using 13" Cromodoras instead as the Calliper was too large for the original wheels.
The Aluminium adapter fitted the original steelies perfect and the threads worked fine with the original wheel bolts, I just couldn't get the wheels to turn past the calliper, even with 25mm worth of spacers!
Ended up selling them on ebay for a fraction of the cost I'd paid, but they were useless to me 

This was during my trial and error phase, which actually hasn't stopped. My last silly acquisition was one of those 'Abarth' Fan case top covers - stupidly bought as it was much cheaper than they are going for on eBay. Only problem is that they have no mounting for the throttle linkage to connect to, so I have spent ages carving up the old cover and will now attempt a drill and rivet manoeuvre, all for a shiny aluminium lid in a filthy engine bay. The only advantage I can see is that it will free up the space that the old air box crudely takes up!

[bis13]

dom you are a true magpie! if you rivet onto the alloy cover you might find that it will shake loose as there is a lot of vibration to deal with.

[Dom]

Gotta love the shiny stuff!
I did think that, however our friend Shed 7 from eBay has done the same thing and sent me over some photos, it looks a bit iffy, but seems to work for him/her/them. Of course, wheter it stand up in time, who knows.
I am a little paranoid about it shaking loose bits of rivet or nuts and falling into the fan...

But we'll see

[bis13]

how about making a bridge that bolts on between the actual fan housing panels rather than canabalising your new shiney stuff?

[Rusty's Uncle]

Had a reply from TRS & they are out of stock on the plates at the moment , they reckon about a month or so. They have two types normaly Chinque / Seicento & Panda / Uno.

[rizlarizla]

Excellent - i will see if we can contact them in a month and get the plates....cheers

will keep everyone posted of progress...