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, Sat, 12 May 2018 14:46:16
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Hi, I am Sam Carlson. When I created that thread, I had a lot of time on my hands for research. People have done it, but it was a long time ago. I researched through a lot of old threads on Saab Sites and/or Saabrally to get that information. I'm more confident about the Toyota front brakes than I am about the Subaru rear ones. I once fitted up a rear Girling caliper from a Lotus Elan S2 just because I had one, but I think this one caliper might cost more than my whole car.
All of the above solutions require, as Landjet said, welding and/or fabricating to get the cables running backward instead of forward. And he may well be right that the best solution after that is to just swap knuckles and rear axle rather than mixing makes and models of car.
That said, I recommend fixing your old calipers. What is the problem? Do they leak? Do they stick? Most problems are bad loose sliding yokes. As these get worn down, they become loose, then the whole caliper is out of alignment and it hangs up, cocks the inboard piston at an angle, and kills the thing. Build up the sliding surfaces on the caliper yoke with some weld and you'll be fine. Stick welding will do. It's just like frosting a cake, except the cake is on fire and there is a small lightning bolt between the frosting and the cake. I learned using youtube. You can buy a stick welder at Horror Fright for like $150 and do the job easily. Weld and file, check fit, repeat if necessary.
The strong point of the front handbrake system is that it's rebuildable by the average human. The rear handbrake calipers are less-so. I used them in all weathers for a daily-driven car, so you can too. I didn't even have a welder for years. I just found some good ones with no play, cleaned them up, and kept them lubricated. Never have I EVER bought any rebuilt calipers. Granted, that was seven years ago. But you can still get seal kits, same as you could then.
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