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Okay, thanks for the response Marcus. I see rebuilt half-shafts all over the 'net for this car and the Super coupe. Surely they must be using new boots on those. Where are they getting them from???

I wonder how well a Dorman 03680 might work? https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=319277&cc=1140567&jnid=520&jpid=1 Never mind that ^^^ idea - did some more digging before posting, it wouldn't work. The "tricky" part is the tri-lobe cup. The big end of the boot needs to account...

Was a source for inner boots ever found? I have a custom hybrid axle which uses the Mark VIII 8.8 differential and inner joints. Looking for new inner CV boots.

Someone was asking me about these relays the other day so I thought I'd dig up this old thread and post some pics.... As you can see, it's a 5-pin relay but only four are used for this application. Probably just a way to reduce the number of required replacement parts. Anyone...

Thanks, those are the numbers I was finding as well.

Digging this old thread of mine up, as I was looking for this info again today. I'm pretty sure the info above is entirely wrong. Everything I'm otherwise finding indicates that the rear LS rotors are 20mm thick and vented. I know the poster quoted above was guessing at the new thickness, but...

I'm looking to re-use (in a foreign application) the 4-wire weather-tight Bosch relays/harness, as salvaged from a circa 1997 DeVille. These are the ones that are ganged two or three together on a bracket mounted to the driver-side strut tower in the engine bay. Bosch uses two part# on these...

I don't think it could be more simple. A cable pulls a lever which acts on the piston to pull the pads against the rotor. We're talking about an area where there is plenty of metal. It would not surprise me at all to find that these same calipers are used on cars with thicker rotors, and the...

The narrow section I'm referring to is the rotor channel where the outermost portion of the rotor passes through the caliper bracket. No amount of piston turning is going to change the dimensions of machined iron. ;) Curious, why are you thinking I would not want to use a cable-actuated...

Interesting. I hadn't even considered using the caliper's capabilities as an asset in this operation. I have a Clausing knee mill, so my focus is just on how to get the caliper held in a fixed position and let the table do the movement. If I disassemble the bracket from the caliper body...

Yea, the pads will be easy. I have some used ones here that came with the calipers that will probably work fine. To machine the calipers however, I'll have to fabricate some sort of fixture to hold the caliper for machining. Not a big deal, but I could have done without that step.

Thanks, but they actually ARE vented, not solid. I will say however, they are the thinnest vented rotors I've ever seen. The issue for me is that I'm using a different rotor which is about 20mm thick, so I'll need to both clearance the caliper AND surface the pads if I want to use this caliper.

Does anyone know what the rear rotor thickness is? Does it vary at all depending on the model? Like, maybe the Sport models use a thicker rotor? Just curious, as I was trying to adapt the rear LS calipers to a project car, and the relatively narrow rotor channel in the caliper is giving me...

Thanks for the quick response, confirming what I thought was the case. I'm actually looking to use the LS calipers in another application, and needed to make sure the clearance groove was wide enough. Anyone got an old set of rear calipers they're looking to get rid of?

Simple, quick question... Are the rear rotors solid or vented? Does it matter by year or model (i.e. Sport)? Thanks....

Does anyone know what the actual differences are for the rear calipers before and after the listed 7/16/00 date? I come up with this date from car-parts.com, where it listed different parts based on this build-date. I don't believe it's related to the aluminum calipers, as I don't think they...