1978/79 front caliper on 76?

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1978/79 front caliper on 76?

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Broke bleeder valve in the caliper, have a set of 78/79 calipers, question, will these fit and work on a 76?

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No. Fork lowers are different. Spacing won’t match up.
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The caliper brackets are different, with different spacing of the bolts to the sliders. But the bolt spacing of the caliper to the bracket is the same, so I guess in theory they will fit. The piston diameters are the same. The only possible hiccup may be the spacing to the rotor as the Comstar is narrower than the spoked wheel, but I have never done this so can't be sure.
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They make bleeder rescue kits where you drill out the bleeder and retap with 1/8" pipe tap. They have a brass plug with smaller bleeder that goes into that. I rescued a couple last winter for a CB750F that had been left out since 1999.
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Thanks guys
very informative. I will be looking for a used caliper if "rescue kit" did not work.
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