Re: Rear calipers - Rover 200/400 versus MGF
I've always had Rover200 type rears and not had much trouble with em in a while. Ages ago I recall having calipers go bad and get stuck but it was the handbrake mechanism mostly and the parts being decades old. Pads and carriers are not the same as MGF rears.
The R200 calipers give the cable a straight shot along the top of the upper wishbone then down to the caliper and secure via a ring which is part of the GTM knuckle thing that fixes by two bolts to the top of the metro hub.
Discs are same MGF rears for either..
The only thing I don't like about the rover200 ones is that they only sweep part of the disc face.
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I don't like the MGF calipers exactly cos of the routing of the h/brake cables as you say. I think most fit em cos the parts available are 'newer' and the swept area is greater.
I have a set of Prelude carriers which fit the Rover200 calipers and will allow larger faced pads to be used. However the mount holes in the carrier are differently spaced so i'm part way thru welding one hole shut and re-drilling it so the carrier fits on the rover metro hub without any adaptors (as needed when using rover200 carrier). I think also the pad material will need skimming down by about a mm cos they will be too thick. All of this is in theory and i'm not even sure it'll work or make a difference or be better/worse.