Sud Brake Adjusters.........

[GTVnut]

Oh Man, I just had a close look at my front inboard brakes, someone has rebuilt them, and replaced the rotors and the pads, but the outside adjusters are some kind of solid bolt instead of the lock nut/hex head combination that is standard for this model. The bolt has been screwed all the way in and is 'non adjustable' because there is no way of locking it in place if you back it off a little, to allow for pad clearance. The pads are adjusted too close and have no clearance whatsoever. Is it possible to buy these adjuster sets, new, or maybe someone has got two old ones laying around that they wouldnt mind selling to me?
Thanks in advance!

[alfavirusnz]

Surely if you found a 17mm nut as per original, unscrewed the bolt, screwed the nut(locknut) onto the bolt then screwed the bolt back in that would suffice. I think you may find the rear Alfetta calipers use the same allen headed bolt as the rear Alfetta calipers are essentially similar to the Alfasud fronts and manufactured by the same company ATE and are more readily available than Sud parts.

Richard J
`65 Giulia Ti, `69 GT Junior, `74 GTV 2000, `76 Alfetta GTV, `77 Alfetta GTV, `81 Alfasud Ti, `84 GTV6, `90 164

[Paolobuchberger]

Hello guys,

Just thought I'd join this thread with a question of my own. I'm attempting to fix a leak on my left hand caliper (inboard 1980 sprint). Finally got it off (why are those rigid lines so hard to get off!). The caliper is dis assembled and cleaned. However the one thing we could not get off was the adjusting nut for the inner pad, on top of the calliper. The clip which seems to hold it on is not a normal clip. It does not seem to be designed to be taken off. Does anybody know if this is normal or wether it is a potential spot for the leak? All the seals we have removed really don't look damaged (will replace them off course).

cheers

Paolo

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Originally Posted by Paolobuchberger Hello guys, Just thought I'd join this thread with a question of my own. I'm attempting to fix a leak on my left hand caliper (inboard 1980 sprint). Finally got it off (why are those rigid lines so hard to get off!). The caliper is dis assembled and cleaned. However the one thing we could not get off was the adjusting nut for the inner pad, on top of the calliper. The clip which seems to hold it on is not a normal clip. It does not seem to be designed to be taken off. Does anybody know if this is normal or wether it is a potential spot for the leak? All the seals we have removed really don't look damaged (will replace them off course). cheers Paolo

[Paolobuchberger]

Hmmm..

Thanks for that. We worked on the circlip for 30 minutes with all manner of small tools. one side of it bent in slightly but it then jammed completelly. I wonder why they didn't use a normal circlip. They did eveywhere else. My friend thought that it could only really leak from there only if the internal main seals were shot. Accordingly the plan was to leave that clip alone and replace all the other seals.

cheers

paolo