Rear Brake Caliper Bearings

[andywilson24]

Hi Guys,

I have sent my calipers off to get refurbished and powder coated as part of my project. Problem is the firm doing the work (although a highly reccommended company) cannot source new "needle bearings" for the rear calipers.

I believe these are used as part of the handbrake connectors (when you pull handbrake the cable pulls the caliper arm which pulls another arm which operates the piston). This is done through this "needle bearing." My calipers were that badly coroded that these bearings became none existant.

Has anyone ever came across this problem before and does someone know where to source these bearings?

Thanks guys .

Andy

[andywilson24]

Got it sorted guys. You can get bushes the same size: outer diam, 22mm. Inside diam, 16mm. Length, 24mm. You call the make of the bush oilite. You cn google that. However you need to resess a groove through the bush for the piston rod to fit through it.

Hope this is of help to someone.

Cheers
Andy