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1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« on: December 01, 2008, 12:52:34 PM »
Were the standard 1969 Z28 front calipers single piston type?   And did the JL8 4 wheel disc option only give you front and rear twin piston "corvette like" calipers. Thanks

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Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 03:38:26 PM »
YES AND YES.standard front discs on the z were single piston. when jl-8 was ordered, there wer 4 piston corvette type calipers on all four wheels.
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Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2008, 12:56:08 AM »
Thanks I thought so but I only saw twin piston types in the pics in Jerry's book.

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Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2008, 07:20:32 PM »
Thanks I thought so but I only saw twin piston types in the pics in Jerry's book.

As the captions show, the two photos at the top of page 53 that show 4-piston calipers are front and rear JL8 calipers; the text on page 51 says "1969 calipers were changed to an improved single-piston design".
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Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2008, 12:14:48 AM »
Thanks John!

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Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2008, 12:17:02 AM »
How can I tell if mine are the originals or the correct type? my whole car looks as new so I doubt they are the originals

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Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2008, 07:30:22 PM »
'69 single-piston caliper is shown below.
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Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2008, 11:47:36 AM »
Thanks John

 

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