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Camaro Research Group Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: samanatoo on December 01, 2008, 07:52:34 AM

Title: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: samanatoo on December 01, 2008, 07:52:34 AM
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
Title: Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: x77-69z28 on December 01, 2008, 10:38:26 AM
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.
Title: Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: samanatoo on December 01, 2008, 07:56:08 PM
Thanks I thought so but I only saw twin piston types in the pics in Jerry's book.
Title: Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: JohnZ on December 02, 2008, 02:20:32 PM
Quote from: samanatoo on December 01, 2008, 07:56:08 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".
Title: Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: samanatoo on December 02, 2008, 07:14:48 PM
Thanks John!
Title: Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: samanatoo on December 02, 2008, 07:17:02 PM
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
Title: Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: JohnZ on December 03, 2008, 02:30:22 PM
'69 single-piston caliper is shown below.
Title: Re: 1969 Z28 standard front brake calipers
Post by: samanatoo on December 04, 2008, 06:47:36 AM
Thanks John