Rear calipers

[Steve Neate]

Evening all,

 

It looks as if a return spring could be fitted to the handbrake lever on the rear caliper.

 

Is this possiblle?  If so what is the part number.

 

Many thanks

 

SN

[SKYHAWK]

only part number you'll get is a complete rear caliper as it comes as 1 part

[Toxicvrs]

Nope Steve, there is a return spring from a Ford Galaxy iirc that many fit, will just find the part number now

[Toxicvrs]

1k0 615 295 left spring

1k0 615 296right spring

[SKYHAWK]

1k0 615 295 left spring

1k0 615 296right spring

my bad!

[rhauri]

Hi,

 

There's a big thread on these springs, after a long and painful read - here are my conclusions:

 

Below part numbers are for the Golf caliper and are arguably a bit too strong for the Lucas caliper's on a Fabia making the handbrake very heavy and no doubt putting constant strain on the cable. Ontop of that, whilst they fit just fine - its not an 'as designed' fit:

 

1KO 615295

1KO 615296

 

The below are the correct springs for our Lucas calipers, do the job well without negative impacts to handbrake lever weight or cable strain:

 

7HO 615 295A (N/S)

7HO 615 296 (O/S)

 

I ordered the latter from TPS for just under a fiver, and can report they work perfectly and fit perfectly. I'd recommend ordering these (7HO) over the Golf ones (1KO).

 

Cheers,

Rhauri

Edited 8 December, 2014 by rhauri