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Hi Peter & Peter!

I've just finished the refurb of the rear callipers, you can get an overhaul kit from Big Redd brakes that includes the pistons and all seals including the rubber boot on the end. Leave the callipers attached to the brake hydraulics and remove from the carrier. Put a block of wood in place of the pads both sides and use the brake pedal to move the pistons outa bit, or a lot. Remove from the car, pull the boot off the back, remove the circlip and push/brift/hammer the handbrake lever assembly out. Catch the wedge and spring and unscrew the actuating rod from the back of the calliper. You can then push the old piston out with a drift/hammer. Clean and reassemble. Which is a bastard of a job. There must be a special tool for this.. I used brute force to get the handbrake assembly back in, the piston is pressed down to engage threads and twisted.

Bleed nipples are also at risk of shearing. I soaked mine in release fluid after scraping the crud away for a week and all six came out cleanly. Almost unheard of.

Alternatively, you can ship the whole lot off to Big Redd brakes and they'll do the job for you.

Guy

Hi Peter

First, yes the 1500kb is per total per post on attachments. I use an iPad where you can normally select photo size.

On the rears the piston does just push out, but you need to remove the handbrake assembly which will need to be cleaned etc. Here is a photo of my Spider rears broken down.

One thing Haynes says is not to remove the inner parts from the piston. No idea why it says that and took it completely to bits to clean and have had no issues since reassembling.

If you need any further help, get in touch.

Peter

Rear upright: Beta front upright in the middle with all the rest fabricated and welded on. Beta hub (not visible) redrilled 5 x 98 for the adaptor plate which is drilled 5 x 108 for the wheel studs. The brake disc is Beta/Trevi front. You can imagine what the original Beta hub looks like with hole 4 x 98 and 5 x 98 plus the disc retaining screws. I wish the brake disc was available undrilled.

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My kit car is a Transformer/Hawk HF2000 replca Stratos. I've had it since 2005 but is hasn't had any real use since about 2007. My son is of an age now where he can appreciate and he wants it so I've had to put it back together.

I'm researching how to remove the pistons in the rear calipers which are beta rears working on a Beta front disc.  The pistons are almost immovable - the calipers have been off all this time along with the rest of the rear suspension. It's time I booted myself in the backside and got on with it. I'm looking into the braking forum on whether the unscrew to remove or if they can be forced completely out hydraulically or a combination of both. The Haynes book isn't terribly clear.

I see you already have Guy (SanRemo78) on here - very well-known in the Stratos Club. If you read this Guy, greetings. Haven't been very active for a long time nor up your way for ages.

Here are some photos from today. Ashamed best sums up how I fell about the car right now. The last is of the offending slave cylinder.

Quick query: is the 1500kByte max attachment size per item or for all attached to a single post? It seems like it may be the latter, I think.

Peter

No idea on them, but you need to ask the seller if the price includes VAT which will need to be paid unless you get them sent to a friend in the EU….

Peter

Has anyone come across these wheels before ?
Says Lancia Beta Italian made Speedline
But can't say I've seen them before ?
What are the rules post Brexit ?
Are you hit with an automatic 20% vat hit on top of the purchase and shipping cost ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404996104246?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=l5rlzwx_ra-&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=jLriC2ZkRIa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Hi

Welcome to the forum.

What is the kit car?

Photos would be good.

Peter

Hi all.

I'm Peter from Southampton, Hants. I don't have a Beta, sadly, but I do have a kit car that has numerous Beta parts that I may need a bit of help with. It's the rear brakes right now from some ten years or so of having been laid up. I'm going to have a thorough poke around that section of the Forum to see what I can find.

All the best to everybody.

Hello, all, especially Nigel, John and HFStuart, and your moderator / admin person who kindly admitted me to your forum. 

I finally had my DATA 34 jetted and tuned and now it’s working a treat. 

Both the idles and primaries were replaced with bigger items, as suits my particular cam profile etc.

If anyone needs to know the exact specs, please email me on alastair.watson1463@gmail.com (I won’t post them here, seeing it’s a Lancia forum and my 128’s specs are fairly individual). 

The big one for me - the main reason I sought your collective advice - was to locate the missing-in-action mixture screw, which the Weber specialist mechanic showed me on the passenger side* of the carby, at the rear.   It wasn’t capped; the screw was just well hidden. 

The location is probably best shown in the attached photos, with the screw having been indicated in the close pic with the pointer.

I hope this may be of assistance to someone, at sometime, on this forum.

Thanks again for your generous assistance.

Cheers,

Alastair

*I’m Australian; we drive on the same side of the road as you do in the UK.