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I'm wondering if anyone can post pictures of their e-brake cable setup on the re-speed bbk. I installed the front bbk years ago which has been working really well since install. I am finally ready to convert my gslse rear brakes to the FC turbo brakes using the re-speed brackets. However I do not have the e-brake cable brackets that were apparently supplied with the kit, # 4 and 5 in the pic. The rear FC turbo calipers I bought years ago also don't have the factory FC e-brake bracket installed on them. So not sure what to do. I'm guessing I'll have to use the factory #5 part and make my own e-brake bracket (#4). Looking to see what others have done to install them.
My T2 rear calipers seized and I replaced them with a reman'd set of GSL-SE calipers several years ago to simplify things (I am not a fan of the FC rear calipers from a serviceability standpoint). I will look to see if parts 4 and 5 are still around somewhere. They were quite rusty and beat up after 15+ years of use by might be able to get some measurements/better pics for you.
The issue is that the FC has the calipers on the other side of the rotor (facing the front of the car) vs. The FB's rear facing setup so all the stock FC brakcets and linkages face the wrong way - that's why Re-speed did it this way.
Amazing, thank you. The other thought I had is whether the gslse caliper would fit on the FC bracket/slider. I took quick measurements and it seems like it would work, but I haven't taken my gslse caliper off the car yet to test it.
It actually worked! I took the slider from my FC caliper and bolted it to my gslse caliper. So in theory, I should be able to use my re-speed bracket to mount the hybrid caliper with a FC turbo rotor. This would retain the SE ebrake mechanism. Still have to figure out ebrake cables though, mine are tight to begin with and I don’t think I’ll be able to extend them out to the new caliper location. I had used gsl cables when I originally swapped the gslse rear end. I might have to get some made, we’ll see!
Sorry for not getting back to you - been fighting a nasty cold all week and haven't been out to my shop to find those parts. Good news on the SE caliper fitting the FC bracket though - I would go that route personally. The FC calipers are kinda weird to bleed (2 bleeders per caliper) and the respeed parking brake setup was also not great in my opinion. As for the e brake cables, I've always found them to be on the tight/short side. I forget what (GSL vs SE) I have on my SE rear caliper setup right now ,but it took some fiddling and mild modding to get it to really be "happy"...
No problem at all, hope you feel better! I’m waiting on my new pads and rotors to show up, and then I’ll see if everything fits with the FC/GSLSE hybrid caliper setup.
