| [GMCnet] lefties? [message #223998] |
Sun, 29 September 2013 13:37  |
jhbridges
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I was getting ready to take the caliper off the PB, and on the end of the pins it floats on was a large 'L'. I got to worrying, is this thing left-handed thread on the driver's side? I've never seen a GM product whose disc calipers used an outlaw thread. Nor had the guy at the parts house when I ran up there to pick up a 3/8ths hex socket for the pins. So I popped them loose, righthanded as I had figured. Haven't looked at the passenger side one - that caliper works - but I bet they have an 'L' on them as well, which is confusing.
So a question for some of you old GM employee types. Did GM or GM-Moraine perhaps have an outfit called Lamson Fasteners make the pins? They had a foundry in Brimingspam among other places, and made some special hardened parts for Continental Gin Company, for whom I used to build cotton gins as a kid. It's silly - but I'd like to know why the pins have an 'L' stamped in them. Lamson was bad for stamping Ls into everything they provided.
--johnny
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| Re: [GMCnet] lefties? [message #224096 is a reply to message #224012] |
Mon, 30 September 2013 13:21  |
jhbridges
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Oh, OK, thanks. Not gonna pull the right side anyhow. Wonder what the difference is/////
--johnny
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On Sun, 9/29/13, James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] lefties?
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 7:55 PM
Left is drivers side marked with a
"L" . Other side is marked "R".
Jim Hupy
On Sep 29, 2013 11:37 AM, "Johnny Bridges" <jhbridges@ymail.com>
wrote:
> I was getting ready to take the caliper off the PB, and
on the end of the
> pins it floats on was a large 'L'. I got to
worrying, is this thing
> left-handed thread on the driver's side? I've
never seen a GM product
> whose disc calipers used an outlaw thread. Nor
had the guy at the parts
> house when I ran up there to pick up a 3/8ths hex
socket for the pins. So
> I popped them loose, righthanded as I had
figured. Haven't looked at the
> passenger side one - that caliper works - but I bet
they have an 'L' on
> them as well, which is confusing.
>
> So a question for some of you old GM employee
types. Did GM or GM-Moraine
> perhaps have an outfit called Lamson Fasteners make the
pins? They had a
> foundry in Brimingspam among other places, and made
some special hardened
> parts for Continental Gin Company, for whom I used to
build cotton gins as
> a kid. It's silly - but I'd like to know why the
pins have an 'L' stamped
> in them. Lamson was bad for stamping Ls into everything
they provided.
>
> --johnny
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| Re: [GMCnet] lefties? [message #224386 is a reply to message #224309] |
Wed, 02 October 2013 20:09 |
jhbridges
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Yes, they're mirror images. But what's the difference in the pins? Other than the letters?
--johnny
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On Wed, 10/2/13, Espen Heitmann <bimet@online.no> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] lefties?
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Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 11:29 AM
The difference is the hose attachment and air bleed screw,
if you turn your L caliper around 180 degrees you will see
what I mean 8)
--
1973 Seqouia in Norway
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| Re: [GMCnet] lefties? [message #224412 is a reply to message #224410] |
Thu, 03 October 2013 06:30 |
jhbridges
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I never saw a difference in pins either.As to hoses, all the parts places list different part numbers left and right.. The only difference I can think of is the retainer clips would be reversed from side to side.
--johnny
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On Thu, 10/3/13, Espen Heitmann <bimet@online.no> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] lefties?
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 11:09 AM
I can not say for the RV since I have not done a brake job
on it yet, but I have never seen any differences between L/R
pins on any car.
But I did check the parts manual just to be on the safe side
and the only differences between L/R side is the caliper all
other parts are the same.
--
1973 Seqouia in Norway
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