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I managed to loose my original banjo bolts. Finding the proper replacement has turned out to be quite a challenge.

Would it be safe to have the lines terminated so they thread directly into the calipers? This would eliminate the need for banjo's but I don't know if it's a proper or safe thing to do from a braking perspective.
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the banjo reduces tension on the hoses. Not sure which series car you have, Later cars have Girling calipers so I would have a look at Jaguar, Volvo of the period, the banjos are just bolted on to the ends of the hoses

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Here is the style of Banjo Bolt that Detomaso used, but I haven't found; notice the step at the top, the top uses something like an M14 washer but the thread is M12 (or 3/8-24, I think, for all the brakes).
I ended up replacing the unions at the caliper and on the Master Cylinder and used more standard (3/8-24 or M12) bolts--Lee

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Thanks for all the helpful replys!

It's easy to find a bolt with proper thread size, the trouble arises around the 'shoulder' of the bolt (smooth area between the threads and head). The shoulder is too small for the banjo and it sits much too lose in the banjo to form a seal. I am visiting the brake line guy tomorrow to see if he can use a smaller (8mm?) banjo on the end of the line.

Thanks again
-Ryan
Ryan, this is why I just changed the union--ie. replaced the mate of the special shouldered banjo bolts I could not find...Those unions are relatively easy to find, with the exception of the ones I needed for the master cylinder (when adapting the reservoirs with 4.5mm line to the master cylinders, I finally found 4.5mm barb inlet banjo unions at Superformance.com.uk, that worked with the replacement Master Cylinder (supplied for Fiat Dino...more available banjos are going to have 5.5mm barbs). At the other end---Getting replacement 10mm or 3/8 unions for the calipers that screw right into the standard (AN-3?) brake hoses was easier...though I think I used a coupling as both the brake lines I got and the unions were both male ends)--Lee
Hi everyone, thanks for the discussion...sorry slow to chime in! To Ryan's original post - - if you're dealing with the rear Mangusta calipers (and they are the aluminum Girling type), banjo bolts from the FRONT caliper of a Pantera are identical. They have the required 11mm step or boss under the head, and are threaded 3/8-24. (see pic)

If you instead have iron rear calipers, they PROBABLY accommodate 3/8-24 banjo bolts but you'ld need to check to be sure.

As for Pantera REAR calipers, they use slightly larger (M10x1.25mmm) banjo bolts, so no useful spares there.

I don't THINK any front Mangusta calipers use banjos or need banjo bolts - whether iron or aluminum. At least there are none on my car, which has iron fronts....brake hoses screw directly into the calipers, a copper ring does the sealing. Looks like aluminum fronts are generally configured the same, so I assume no banjos for them either?

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Mangusta brakes are a crapshoot as far as what's OEM. Many Gooses had aluminum 2-piston Girlings front and back (same as 427 Cobras & priced accordingly), but not all. Steve Liebenow's "Blue Goose" had iron 3-piston Girlings on small 9-1/2" OD rear rotors, and I've heard of others being OEM. Get out the tape measure & camera before ordering parts.

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