Peugeot 205 Mardi Gras 1.8 TD Front Brake Part Compatibility Problem

Peugeot 205 Mardi Gras 1.8 TD Front Brake Part Compatibility Problem

Hi,

Please help me! I currently have vented front brake disks which are
21mm wide.Unfortunately my callipers only extend to 48mm leaving
insufficient room for the 18mm brake pads reccomended by all suppliers
i contacted. I found some smaller pads with the same shape unfotunately
these are still 15mm and so do not fit in the callipers.

Does anyone know what solution would be best. Shall i fit callipers
from another model which extend further or can i just replace the disks
with non vented ones? My prefered option is to replace the disks with
solid ones. Does anyone think this will cause any problems?

Does anyone know which components were used for the vehicle when it was
new?

Thankyou in advance for your help!

 

devonmark wrote in message

Do you believe the vented discs to be original equipment?
The listing at
http://www.parts4peugeot.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Brakes_31.html

seems to show solid discs for the 1.8TD.

Maybe someone has fitted vented discs, not changed the caliper and continued
to use part worn pads?

Just a theory.

Good Luck

Bob

 

Thanks for your response. I think you're right. The vented disks must
have been fitted at a later date. I have spoken to my local peugeot
dealler this morning and once again he was reccomending that i fit
vented disks. When I explained the problem he also thought it unlikely
that anyone would have changed the calipers only to use part worn pads
and accepted that a solid disk would work.

Thanks again for your input.