Roadside repair - caliper

[fxslin]

Hi

My caliper went foobar (left front) and my car is on a road trip (wings and wheels in Norway). I have gotten a few options on aroadside repair. Will the a caliper from Zed 1.8 fit on my 2.8?

Cheers
FxSlin

 

[raymond]

www.realoem.com Had a look but they have different numbers. Search the classic site on first page for Z3. Really need the year of both cars to check

 

[raymond]

From checking calipers on Ebay they will not fit. Seems to be only from a 2.8 E36 BMW that you could use. A long time ago I was a passenger in a mechanic friends car. I asked him why he was not going very fast. He replied that one of the front calipers was sticking and instead of fixing it he had placed a G clamp over the brake hose. I never allowed him to work on my car after that..

 

[Dino D]

Sorry to hear about the road side trouble..

I think a 3.0l calliper will bolt on fine too as a short term fix (it's a bit bigger)

 

[g8jka]

4 cylinder cars normally have solid discs and the calipers are different from ones on 6 cylinder cars which have vented discs. Any from a 6 cylinder should fit as they are all the same, apart from the ///M.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Quick look on RealOEM says that e36/e46 calipers will fit. Can't guarantee it, but they're normally right.

 

[fxslin]

Hi all

I managed to get it sorted out. Turned out as some of you have pointed out. That a 1.x caliper and brake disc won't fit 2.8, however calipers from e46 and e36 works fine. A local club member ( where I was located with the issue ) had an e46 in his garage, so I borrowed one caliper from his car. Did a repair at the exhibition where my car was displayed with big audience ( no pressure ). The repair worked great and I managed to continue the club trip today. We did about 350km today after the repair and worked all good. Still got about 400km till we are home.

Thx a lot for the replies!

Throwing in a pic from repair for your amusement