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Old 10-20-2021, 11:54 PM   #1
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Parking brake calipers- Wilwood

Anyone ever use these?

Are they intended to lock on the wheel rotor?

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wil-120-12069-rd
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Old 10-21-2021, 10:38 AM   #2
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Re: Parking brake calipers- Wilwood

Those look similiar to the calipers on the rear of my 79 Trans Am. They are a screw in style of piston for the emergency brake. The piston works with hydraulic pressure during normal braking. When applying the parking brake there is a threaded screw in the back of caliper piston that attaches to that arm It puts manual pressure against the rotor to keep it from moving.
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Old 10-21-2021, 03:17 PM   #3
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Re: Parking brake calipers- Wilwood

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Those look similiar to the calipers on the rear of my 79 Trans Am. They are a screw in style of piston for the emergency brake. The piston works with hydraulic pressure during normal braking. When applying the parking brake there is a threaded screw in the back of caliper piston that attaches to that arm It puts manual pressure against the rotor to keep it from moving.
I already have the Eldorado style hydraulic/mechanical calipers.

I'm wondering if anyone makes a mechanical caliper just for parking brake applications. It looks like that is the one I linked from Wilwood. I will have to call them and check.
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Old 10-22-2021, 08:39 AM   #4
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Re: Parking brake calipers- Wilwood

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I already have the Eldorado style hydraulic/mechanical calipers.

I'm wondering if anyone makes a mechanical caliper just for parking brake applications. It looks like that is the one I linked from Wilwood. I will have to call them and check.

Yes, the link you posted from wilwood is exactly as you describe, a cable operated mechanical disc brake, typically used for a parking brake.
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