Brake Bleeders

[Jim Harding]

Anyone know the spec for the Jag rear brake bleed screws? I want to install the "speed bleeder" type but need the diameter/thread pitch. They "look" like 3/8 X 24, but that isn't a metric type. What did Girling use?

Jim Harding
La Plata, Maryland

1982 #3004

[Jim Harding]

Hmmmm guess this question stumped everyone[8][8]

Anyone care to even guess

Jim Harding
La Plata, Maryland

1982 #3004

[nolastyankee]

Jim,
Jaguar is an English company so none of the threads on the rear end or the brakes are metric. I can check tonight as we have calipers in a box, but 3/8 sounds correct. I'll let you know tomorrow.

Unique 9122 - 289 FIA Cobra - The Legendary "Spence" Car

[Brent]

I do believe it is 3/8 X 24 NFS thread



Brent

[Jim Harding]

Brian.....

Well, that just shows how much I know

I thought the Brits had a different standard than what we yank's use. I know of British Standard Pipe, and most of the world using the metric system, so I figured something else was used on the girling calipers. Learn something new everyday..... and never to old either

I wait your reply.... thanks



Jim Harding
La Plata, Maryland

1982 #3004

[Jim Harding]

Hey Brent.. thanks!

Jim Harding
La Plata, Maryland

1982 #3004

[nolastyankee]

Jim,
The brake bleeders are 3/8-24 pipe thread. Let me know if you need any more rear end or brake dimensions as they are all accessible...For now!

Unique 9122 - 289 FIA Cobra - The Legendary "Spence" Car

[davids2toys]

Jim,
The brake bleeders are 3/8-24 pipe thread. Let me know if you need any more rear end or brake dimensions as they are all accessible...For now!

Unique 9122 - 289 FIA Cobra - The Legendary "Spence" Car

where are they accessable, I want to gather all the info I can for ref and future jobs.
Would you happen to know the bleeder size for the front and clutch slave?

[nolastyankee]

David,
When I wrote the above response to Jim the body wasn't on our car so I could easily get at the rear brakes to measure the thread pitch on the bleeders. The rear brakes are still pretty easy to get at in the rear wheel well.

The front end of our car is different so my bleeder specs wouldn't help you. Sorry!

[JerryBP]

Jaguar is a British Co. (owned by Ford at present)
Folow this link, http://www.britishfasteners.com/images/catalog.pdf
maybe it will help.

After we had fought a war to get out from under British rule we couldn't adopt anything of theirs so we had to came up with our own bolt and thred system. (why couldn't we have just went with the metric system then?)

[davids2toys]

Jaguar is a British Co. (owned by Ford at present)
Folow this link, http://www.britishfasteners.com/images/catalog.pdf
maybe it will help.

After we had fought a war to get out from under British rule we couldn't adopt anything of theirs so we had to came up with our own bolt and thred system. (why couldn't we have just went with the metric system then?)

Thanks Jerry..are the english or Jaguar SAE or metric

[davids2toys]

David,
When I wrote the above response to Jim the body wasn't on our car so I could easily get at the rear brakes to measure the thread pitch on the bleeders. The rear brakes are still pretty easy to get at in the rear wheel well.

The front end of our car is different so my bleeder specs wouldn't help you. Sorry!

Thanks Brian, my front brakes and hub say JFZ all over them?

[Jim Harding]

Brian,

Once again "thanks" for getting me past another hurdle with my car. The info you gave me last year about the upper shock mounts saved me a few headaches too.

Hopefully, I won't need anymore info..... at least not until the day after you put the thing back under the car

Jim Harding
La Plata, Maryland

1982 #3004