From: james@pelicanparts.com on behalf of James at Pelican Parts [james@pelicanparts.com] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:34 PM To: pelicanparts@csi.com Cc: Kuro914@aol.com; Kuro914@aol.com Subject: Re: (no subject) Something isn't right! I went through this a couple years ago with a car I am restoring; one side was early, the other was late. I don't recall the exact details, but if memory serves me, nothing was interchangeable. It sounds to me like a modification was made to allow the late rotors to fit the early struts, or somebody put late struts on early ball joints (in which case you really should get the late ball joints with the tapered pins). In any event, you really need to find out exactly what you have. There are usually part numbers cast or stamped into the part that you can use to verify their identity. With the part numbers I'm sure Tom can help you sort out what you have and what needs to be done. Good luck, james Wayne at Pelican Parts wrote: > Hi there. Terribly sorry for the extremely long delay in getting back to > you. We had some computer/email server problems here, and I thought that I > had lost all of the emails for a while, but I found them again somehow > (don't ask me how). Our normal response time is less than 24 hrs, and I > sincerely apologize for the delay. > > Anyways, I will forward this email to both Bob and James in Tech Support, > who might have some additional insight. > > Machining the calipers is one of the things that you definitely need to do > if you don't have the early setups. The machining process is easy, and > doesn't damage the calipers. I haven't looked at that article lately, but I > think that it does indeed mention the machining process in there. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kuro914@aol.com [mailto:Kuro914@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 11:45 AM > To: pelicanparts@csi.com > Subject: (no subject) > > Wayne, > > How are you? Just saw your recruit ad. and imagine that you are very busy at > least. But remember how helpful you guys are for a guy like me without no > local friendly professionals who really live with Porsches. Could you > consider my question regarding 914 front brake conversion to BMW 320 unit as > in your article. > > My 914 is '72 and in process of replacing the ball joints, I have found that > the joints have grooved nipples (which go into the strut holes) which are > secured by hex bolts, not the tapered pins, so I know my struts are the > earlier type for sure. > > However, seems like my BMW calipers do not fit because of the offset of the > brake disc too outward, as if the situation of the later model described in > the article. > > Then I found that my hubs look like those of the later model, as they have > extruded lips in ID (which hold the wheels when mounting.) My original ATE > calipers (do not know they are earlier or later type) have two breeders per > side and can acommodate the discs perfectly right in the middle of the > groove. I'm confused now what should be done to do the conversion. > > I suspect that somebody put the later model calipers and discs to my eariler > struts, and the different offset of the discs is disabling my conversion, > but > is this possible? My assumption is that the later strut is incorporated by > the later style boll joint. From the article, I understand that the strut/ > caliper combination is unique to the early/ late model, but do not know if > the discs are interchangeable. If so, purchasing eariler discs would not > solve my problem and do not know any other options rather than machining the > caliper interface, which would be the last thing I would do. > > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot, and looking > forward to your response. > > Tsuyoshi Kurosawa