The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: rob650 on March 29, 2007, 11:40:46 PM

Title: Brembo or ATE?
Post by: rob650 on March 29, 2007, 11:40:46 PM

Do R65's only come with the BREMBO caliper? Trying to buy a rebuild kit.  Thanks.

82' r65 (not LS)

Title: Re: Brembo or ATE?
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on March 30, 2007, 12:00:08 AM

Yours is probably a Brembo.  Couldn't say without a picture.  The name is usually cast into the side.  I know it is on my ATE, anyway.

It might not be a bad idea to go through the master cylinder, as well.
You can look at photos of me doing my '79 brakes on the WWW at the bottom of my posts.  They are different than what you have.

Title: Re: Brembo or ATE?
Post by: Justin B. on March 30, 2007, 07:58:06 AM

Rob is correct, at least on Brembos the name is plainly cast into the caliper.  Seems I do remember discussion here that somebody with a non-LS '82 had ATE calipers, though.

Title: Re: Brembo or ATE?
Post by: Semper Gumby on March 30, 2007, 09:00:55 AM

Mine is a Brembo and an ATE!..   ATE caliper with Brembo pads...  Its a farkel no doubt but it works.

Title: Re: Brembo or ATE?
Post by: rob650 on March 30, 2007, 09:17:19 AM

Sorry my question was fuzzy, i DO have a Brembo caliper.  I was looking for rebuild parts, I kept seeing ATE for the R65, not Brembo.  I was concerned that a previous owner swapped the stock ATE for the this Brembo, and buying a rebuild kit online for R65 would get me stock ATE parts instead.

Rob, my master cylinder + ss brakeline is a year old so I'm in good shape there.

Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Brembo or ATE?
Post by: mjbickford on March 30, 2007, 03:03:17 PM

Depending on the year and model it could be ATE or Brembo.  Both my r65s have dual disks.  The 82 had Brembos, and the 81 had ATE.  The rebuild kits are interchangable, as the calipers are copys between the manufacturers.

Title: Re: Brembo or ATE?
Post by: Justin B. on March 30, 2007, 03:56:36 PM

These are all of the brake related stuff for the R65 Brembos:

34111454807      REPAIR KIT
34112301360      BRAKE PAD SET
34211238059      MOUNTING KIT CALIPER