Midget caliper bracket

[paulhumphries]

Anyone tell me of a source of the "J" brackets for attaching a Midget caliper to a Minor upright ?
All I can find is
http://www.minimania.com/invdetail.cfm? ... rom=search
but they are in the US and therefore shipping make them very dear.

Thanks.

Paul HUmphries.

[chrisd87]

I too would be interested to know if there's a UK supplier for this kit, or how much it would cost to ship it from the US.

[paulhumphries]

I too would be interested to know if there's a UK supplier for this kit, or how much it would cost to ship it from the US.

I did "have a play" with the web site and shipping to UK depend on which service used but carriage prices were from around £25 to just under £50.
When you add cost of part, for me, it is just too expensive for simple brackets.

Paul Humphries.

[chrisd87]

That's a shame, as the kit itself only costs about £51. I can't think why it would be so very expensive to ship - I've always been pleasantly surprised how little things cost to send air mail to the states.

[paulhumphries]

That's a shame, as the kit itself only costs about £51. I can't think why it would be so very expensive to ship - I've always been pleasantly surprised how little things cost to send air mail to the states.

I've had another look.
Actual costs are as follows -
USPS Global Mail (Int) £21.98
FedEx Int Economy £36.36
EPS Worldwide Expedited £42.65

Remember you would probably get a knock at the door asking for payment of UK import / customs duty as well plus the couriers fee (around £10 -12) for handling the transaction.

That is going to make the brackets, probably, cost around £85 - £105 to have them in your hand.

I've other ideas I need to check out.
Roughly the original manufacturers bolts that attach the disc to the hub don't "bottom out" on the thread tapping in the disc. A quick look shows, MAYBE, another 10mm or so unused thread. That means POSSIBLY the mating face of the disc to hub could be machined to reduce hight by this same amount and thus generate additional space between rear of disc and upright. What MIGHT then be possible is to make brackets similar to those proposed for the Polo calipers that attach to uprights insetad of the "J" items.
I've a spare upright so am "playing" with various options at present but woudl simply buy the "J" bracket if available "off the shelf" in the UK.

If someone, however, can provide a drawing (via PM ?) of the J bracket then I could see if a contact I have would consider laser cutting them for me They normally will, during slack periods, for nominal fee to members of the same local model engineering club of which they they are a member

Paul Humphries