brake caliper

NOS Dia-Compe Brake Caliper w/Old Style Acorn Nut and Rear Spacer Mounting Hardware Thank you for your interest in this item and please visit our store for other offerings. We have very reasonable shipping terms and combine orders to save money (for customers) on shipping costs. We also maintain customer friendly return/refund/exchange policies. Product Description: This offering is for a new-old-stock Dia-Comp single pivot (side-pull) brake caliper. We estimate their reach to be in the 45 mm to 59 mm range, depending on where the brake pads are slotted (and we measure the reach from the center of the top bolt to the center of the brake pads). We should also note the shiny silver still shows fairly well and I get a digital postal scale weight of 152 grams. These calipers are probably no better then an entry-level offering, but they are still a fairly rare item, as each one is designed to accept the old-style (non-recessed) mounting hardware (and this hardware is included). The problem, however, is the usable mounting bolt-length. Once we strip off all the spacers, washers, etc., there is only about 32 mm of free bolt length to mount the caliper. This is generally adequate for the rear brake caliper, as the brake bridges on most old style frames are relatively narrow. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the front brake caliper, where a longer mounting bolt is needed to span the gap from the front of the fork crown to the back of the fork crown. As a result, please carefully measure the minimum bolt length needed for a particular fork crown, before considering one of these offerings as a front caliper option. One other related note...we have two different sets of spacers that came with these calipers. A thicker set of spacers with a more exaggerated (concave) curve and a narrower set of spacers with a less exaggerated (concave) curve. This offering includes the thicker set of spacers, as best illustrated in the last (fourth) picture in the sequence to the left. As a result (and just to confirm), this offering is generally best suited for those rear brake bridges that require the traditional non-recessed (acorn nut) mounting hardware. These calipers came to us in bulk packaging, so please expect some shopwear on each offering, but overall their condition is still not too bad. Terms and Conditions: You may visit our store by clicking on this "Store Home Page" link and please note the product categories on the left side of our "Store Home Page". We have also moved our "Terms and Conditions" to a separate page within our Ebay store. You may navigate to this page by clicking on the link on the left side of our "Store Home Page" (below the product categories) or you may click on one of our "Terms and Conditions" direct links herein. Note to international customers regarding shipping... We apologize to those that feel some of our international shipping charges are too high. We only charge actual shipping rates, but once an order exceeds a certain amount, we hesitate to use the least expensive US Postal Services First Class International service. We feel this way, because this service is not trackable or insurable...so more risk of loss. We prefer the US Postal Services Priority Mail International service for more expensive orders, because this service is trackable at USPS.com and insurable...so less risk of loss. Unfortunately, this service is more expensive, especially for smaller/lighter packages, relative to the First Class International service. We are sorry about these higher shipping costs, but hopefully our notes help to explain why this is the case. Note to international customers regarding customs... We also apologize to those that feel their country import taxes, duties and brokerage fees are excessive. As a small US business, we are required by customs' laws to declare each order as a retail sale. Additionally, the declared order value must be equal to total store purchases and/or winning auction bids (less any shipping costs, as these are not considered in the declared value). As a result, each customer will be responsible for paying his/her own country taxes, duties and brokerage fees, which will be collected upon delivery. Again, we apologize for these additional costs, but we cannot afford the penalties and fines that come with breaking customs' laws...so we have to strictly abide by them.