Rear brake caliper

[Rowge]

Had a quick drive today, to test the impreza rack, feels great so far, need to fix my reservoir, and get tracking done, anyway had the OS rear brake pads to fit, the other three corners already done. Seemed difficult to remove the caliper from the 2 sliding pins, on closer inspection, one of the bores on the caliper carrier is worn and both pins are bent. My actual caliper/ piston is fine, can I purchase just the carrier and new pins, or do I have to purchase caliper and carrier together?
Any ideas

[Rowge]

Located some new pins, but struggling to buy just the carrier, my carrier had 1 very worn bore, and it's pin will not go in all the way the other bore is not worn, the pin is slightly bent but does go all the way in. So new carrier and pins required.

[Rowge]

Hi Richard that would be great if you do have them
Cheers

[Rowge]

With regard to width is it the distance from piston to caliper angle or the pin lengths, my pins are 71mm long and 8.2mm diameter

[Rowge]

The measurement is 55mm, and the measurement is the full length of the brake pad track, not the casting.

[Rowge]

New pins arrived today, as I thought 1 is a nice fit, the other very loose so carrier is shot,

[Rowge]

Just got back from a mates garage, he is building another drift car, he mentioned he had a Sierra back axle with calipers so went for a look, unfortunately these were the solid disc type not the vented disc type, so the width of the pad track was less than 55mm and the pins were 60mm not 71mm. So still looking.

[Rowge]

Managed to source a good pair of calipers, hopefully the carriers are good. Another point is that I work in the aerospace industry, so microns not mm's, so I may be being a bit critical as I assume you need some movement in the pin/carrier but how much is hard to tell.

[Rowge]

Hi Richard, starting to dream about calipers, the 55mm dimension is the length of the ground area that the pads move along , I think you may have measured the gap, hope this makes sense, I have reassembled my old caliper with the new pins, so I can use the car until the new ones arrive, thanks for looking them out, the carriers are getting rare. Cheers Steve

Edited by Rowge on Wednesday 4th March 20:45

[Rowge]

Richard, great, my calipers arrived today look good and pins bores are good, happy days, thanks for your help, cheers