brakes What type of volvo calipers fit a stock 02 (75) struts??

[Guest Anonymous]

From any 24x Volvo. Most came with Girling, but some have Ate. Ate calipers won't fit.

steve k.

[Guest Anonymous]

will work. You're best to go to your local boneyard and poke around as they can vary widely in their condition. If the rotor is vented, it will work.

Cheers!

John N.

[Guest Anonymous]

I've seen 'em. Not as common, but they are there. There's even a drawing of vented Ate-equipped rotors in the Haynes 240 manual supplement.

Mike

[Guest Anonymous]

I'LL HAVE NO MORE OF THIS!! ;p

-Rob

[Guest Anonymous]

. . . cash I would go for the tii big brake set-up; but the tii struts aren't cheap to get. Thus the volvo upgrade is great and a $$ saver.

[Guest Anonymous]

car now, what are going to do?

John N

[Guest Anonymous]

No volvo part is going on my BMW

[Guest Anonymous]

I have seen a few of them too. The only really obvious physical difference I've seen is that the brake pad backplate sizes vary very slightly (as I recall, the Ate backplate is a couple mm longer, will not fit in the Girling caliper).

[Guest Anonymous]

those are the same brands of calipers that BMW used (uses?) on BMW's!!!! Geez, I can understand if the car was somehow being PERMANENTLY disfigured, but we're talking about bolt-on parts, something that can easily be returned to "stock" if that becomes an issue.

Bret.

[Guest Anonymous]

I spoke to a Volvo specialist in Sweden and he claimed that not even Volvo knows what parts they had put into the 240's. The cars may have ATEs in the rear and Girlings in the front and vice versa. (he was 99% sure though that on the same axle the cars originally had the same brand of calipers :-) ).

Basically the vented Girling calipers where used in cars produced between 1975-199? and therefore the calipers are very available and reasonably cheap (the opposite to vented E21 and E12 calipers at least around here)

Benkku

[Guest Anonymous]

Since BMW and Volvo use many of the same suppliers for brakes, electrics, fuel injection (Bosch) internal engine components like pistons (Mahle), bearings,(KS), etc., I guess your BMW (if you even own one) will consist of a bare body shell, since most of the other parts are made by suppliers shared with Volvo and many other manufacturers. Put brain in gear before mouth (or keyboard) in motion.

Colin

[Guest Anonymous]

So what if ATE didn't make the calipers?

M