Overkill Crossover Steering with Vitara Calipers

Post by **alien** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:36 am

Anyone done this before??? i just tried to bolt my brakes on and it fouls the new arm quite badly =(

I cant see any easy way around it, perhaps someone else has found a way though????

Post by **alien** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:39 am

Post by **bazooked** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:45 am

how thick is the arm that bolts onto the top? can ya take a scolop out of it or do the bolts fowl aswell?. if all else fails just run the zook calipers.

Post by **alien** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:48 am

arm is about 15mm, and coming off it on a 45 is a plate that goes to the brake caliper bolts, so its fixed on the calipers and the knuckle...

if we were to groove it out it'd lose all its strength.

if we machined it off all together it would foul the 45 bit still...

i have emailed sam and will contact him by phone tomorrow but i just cant see a way of making this work???

dont want to run the sierra calipers cos 1) i dont have them, and 2) brake test is part of engineering, more stopping power the better.

Post by **bazooked** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:53 am

use the sierra brakes with the subi master cylinder, i never had any probs pulling up in mine with std zook brakes.

Post by **alien** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:03 am

like i said, i dont have sierra calipers... mine were stuffed and so were the rotors, so i upgraded to vit ones while i was at it =)

Sam is suggesting we grind the arm out until it fits - ill give it a go tonight and post up results..

Post by **nicbeer** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:38 am

bazooked wrote:use the sierra brakes with the subi master cylinder, i never had any probs pulling up in mine with std zook brakes.

Is this bolt in? What subaru model one is needed.

nic

Post by **midnight** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:42 pm

Yes please explain about the subi master cylinder. If it is worth it I will use mine. (I used to own a subi and stripped it then scrapped the rest as it was rusted beyond repair)

Chris

Post by **bazooked** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:58 pm

late model forrester i think.

Post by **Drewfus** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:25 pm

call me crazy but I think you've got them mounted 90 degrees to far ie the nipple should be pointing up....not across..

Cheers,

Drewfus

Post by **alien** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:52 pm

like i said - vitara calipers... they bleed totally different to sierra ones (ie: you need to take the buggers off to bleed them!!! grr)

we thought of rotating the entire knuckle 90 degrees, but its not square so the holes wont line up =(

Post by **Spartacus** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:18 pm

Drewfus wrote:call me crazy but I think you've got them mounted 90 degrees to far ie the nipple should be pointing up....not across..

Cheers,

Drewfus

i did the same with mq patrol ones
right on the left-left on the right so the bleeder ended up on the bottom
and would trap about 3 seconds of air when i finally worked it out

but i dunno about zook calipers

Post by **midnight** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:10 pm

bazooked wrote:late model forrester i think.

YOU HAD TO RUIN MY DAY

.
I had a 1982 Subaru 4x4 wagon. Not Happy Jan

Post by **BenT** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:36 pm

I have a Subaru Legacy m/c in mine. From the early 90s model. Bolt pattern is the same, you just need to make a new pushrod (from a cap screw with the head cut off) and bend the brake lines as they come out the other side.
I also put some silicone around the flange as the suby one is a smaller diameter on the locator and does not seal with an oring like the zuk one.

From memory the zuk m/s is 13/16" bore and the suby is 1-3/16" - 46% more fluid volume, but 46% more effort required on the pedal.

Ben

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