Front brake pad carriers - handed?

[Spathodus77]

Hi,

I have had the front brake callipers reconditioned for my TVR S2. Although I took lots of pictures before they were removed I now can't tell which carrier goes on which side (with the callipers it is obvious). The carriers look exactly the same, but what is confusing is that they have different markings.

First carrier:
Face that looks towards outside of car is showing: "134" "l" "2"
Face that looks towards inside of car is showing: "199" although this quite faint - might be "189"

Second carrier:
Face that looks towards outside of the car is showing "2088" a diamond symbol and "109"
Face that looks towards inside of the car is showing: "2"

I've checked the callipers and can't see any numbers tieing them to the carriers. Any ideas? Like I say they do look exactly the same bar the markings.

Thanks,

Ralph

[phillpot]

I reckon they are not handed.

Haven't got any standard (240mm) calipers to hand but do have a pair for the 260mm discs and they both have "080" moulded onto them, digits about 12mm high

Another pair for the larger 278mm discs have "310" on them, similar size digits but "in negative", as if stamped onto them.


You say your numbers are faint, could they both be 109, 189 or 199?

All small numbers/letters I suspect are date or production batch codes, so will quite possibly differ.

[phillpot]

Ford parts catalogue does not appear to list just the carrier, so no help there!

[Spathodus77]

Cheers. I'll fit them and see if anything transpires during the fitting, I suspect you are right about the date codes. My other theory is that the marks show which position in the mould the castings came from (I presume ford would cast more than one at a time).

Ralph