Is this a princess caliper?

[Brap_Brap]

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3291/img0423qpf.j...

Yeah yeah yeah, I searched the darned forum for "brake + pads", 4 topics came up, none
mentioning the pads I need, and after reading so much princess/cortina/granada stuff I just
wanted to be sure.

Sorry about the photo not showing the whole caliper. I was actually taking a picture of the leading
link for the Sussex auto-breakers to compare to their parts in stock.

Does anyone make a rebuild kit for these calipers? I've got one skinny pad and one fat pad on each side
so it looks like the calipers have siezed up a bit. Luckily the rotors look good. What pads do I use?
Part number?

[barrington]

cant see the caliper very well but they look like the granada 2.8i calipers

[grahamw48]

Princess should look like this (on mine):

Edited by grahamw48 on Saturday 9th May 22:56

[Wedg1e]

No, the one in Brap's pic is a Girling. Tha Austin ones are AP.

[Brap_Brap]

Wedg1e said:

No, the one in Brap's pic is a Girling. Tha Austin ones are AP.

Thanks Wedg1e, having been an avid fan of your posts I know you're one of, if not the THE most knowledgable
wedge guy here. I post a pic link from the back side of the rotor just to make sure:
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/1761/img0428.jpg It's a lot easier to return a part 200 miles than
5,000 if you happen to be wrong. Can you confirm this please? Thanks. What pads do I use?

Sadly this pic also shows why I need the body off the car. If you look closely you can see the crack
where my lower control arm (lower wishbone in brit-speak?) bolts to the chassis. Horizontally this crack
actually goes around 3/4's of the 3x3" or so angled vertical member.

I shall prevail. Long live the wedges!

Edited by Brap_Brap on Saturday 9th May 22:30

[Wedg1e]

Thanks for the praise Brap, but there are people who know lots more than I do, honest!

That caliper looks more or less like the standard Ford twin-piston job, however the pic is too dark for me to be able to see the crack. I tried turning the monitor brightness up until my eyeballs bled but to no avail...

[grahamw48]

It's there....and it's as big a crack as I've seen for quite a while.

[Brap_Brap]

Dunno how you could miss it wedgie, it's massive.... crack in blue... cracked member in green, path and progression of crack in yellow.



And wedgie, you're obviously a modest guy, but you're still my wedge guru whether you like it or not.

So what's the story guys, Granada, Girling or what?

[grahamw48]

Now Ian is going to be REALLY unbearable.

His eminence in the top pic:

[Wedg1e]

You lot are pulling my leg... or I need a new monitor. That pic is WAY too dark to see anything here.

And yes, that is me in the top pic, in the blue shirt behind the interior mirror. As you can see I have a huge body but a tiny head

[ferlin]

hi Brap,
Have just fitted new front discs and pads to mine. My pads were:
Ford Cortina Mk5 1.3-3.0L 80-82,
Ford Capri 3 1.3-3.0L 78-89
Part numbers: Quinton Hazell BP102,
MDP633
FERODO TAR167,
Ford Granada Mk 2 pads do not fit my car

Mine are square in shape like the ones shown at the top of the link below.yours look similar but pull one out and have a look.
http://www.brakepartssuperstore.org.uk/contents/en...
part number BPS1660

hope this helps

Edited by ferlin on Sunday 10th May 22:28

[Campbell]

If your looking for pads I would take one out and down to your local garage and they should have a book with pad shapes so they should be able to let you know the make of caliper and pad so you can get a service kit.

Cambelt