Fitting Ford KA disc brakes to a Singer Chamois

In the case the car is the 1967 Singer Chamois we have owned about twenty years, it could of course be the Hillman Imp or one of the many varients, such as Sunbeam or Husky.

This is what was coming off.

This is what was going on, the discs are the Ford KA 240mm diameter size, the calipers are off Fords Fiesta.  The kit with link plates, bolts and special braided stainless steel fluid hose came from Colin Valentine in the UK. (recomended)

Note, the 240mm diameter disc will only fit inside a 13" wheel rim, for the Imps standard 12" rim use the Ford Fiesta 220mm brake disc.

The calipers were stripped and cleaned, they needed new dust seals, the ones sold for Nissan Sabre / Sentra/ Pulsar/ Langey,worked fine in this case. The actual seals in the kits were the wrong size but the Ford ones were re usable. New Ferodo type Premier FDB589 brake pads were fitted.

The finished job and with the wheel arch repainted.

The work is not too complicated and given you have some spanners, a hammer and a power drill with a 10mm drill, you should do both sides of the car in a single day.
Colin Valentine also supplies a picture assembly page, instructions too!

This is the third set he has supplied locally and in the past eighteen months.

Open the link for more on the kits. http://royckdboats.blogspot.com/2012/12/hillman-imp-front-disc-brake-kits.html

Roy