The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: zebedee on March 25, 2011, 07:29:43 AM

Title: Twin Brembo calipers R65LS on eBay
Post by: zebedee on March 25, 2011, 07:29:43 AM

Having waited what seemed like forever to finally find a right hand caliper on eBay.co.uk to convert my 1984 R65 to twin disks, a few days later someone in California listed a left and right pair (click here) (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320673051206).

If I've got my time zones right, the auction ends at 6pm today (Friday) US east coast summer time if anyone is interested.

Title: Re: Twin Brembo calipers R65LS on eBay
Post by: zebedee on March 28, 2011, 10:32:49 AM

So having let these calipers in California go past, I dropped by my mechanic today to see how my right side caliper, bought from Sussex (England) on eBay, was coming along (new seals etc). The two allen bolts which hold the caliper together were frozen in place from 27+ British winters of salt, something we simply do not experience in Australia. He's got one out, but the other one is putting up a serious fight. Maybe Californian calipers would have been a better buy!

Given how hard the right caliper is to find, I'm not prepared to sink money into the master cylinder and brake lines until I am sure the caliper is useable, so this is holding up getting back on the road.