Ridiculous Brake Photos for John
Posted by Tim Taylor
John Lane Mod Moderator Location: Lynden Washington Join Date: 01/14/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 725 Rally Car: The Fire Breathing Monster |
Jay Woodward Godlike Moderator Location: Snohomish, WA Join Date: 12/21/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 893 Rally Car: '90 Mazdog Frankenprotege |
Tim Taylor Junior Moderator Location: Oakland, CA Join Date: 02/02/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 622 Rally Car: Mazda 323 GTX |
Jay Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Protege wheelbearings replaced, both cars, over > the course of 4 years: 0 > GTX wheelbearings replaced, one car, over the > course of 7 years: 8 or 10. Dunno for sure. Trying > hard to forget. > > Jay Woodward > Snohomish, WA > '90 Mazdog Frankenprotege > Chronologically, 40... Awwww, but I'm just starting to get good at it  I did a full set of 4 over the weekend. It wasn't as horrible as people make it out to be when you have a lathe right there to make new spacers. Your point is well taken though. Were you kill only the fronts or was it evenly distributed?
Tim |
Jay Woodward Godlike Moderator Location: Snohomish, WA Join Date: 12/21/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 893 Rally Car: '90 Mazdog Frankenprotege |
John Lane Mod Moderator Location: Lynden Washington Join Date: 01/14/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 725 Rally Car: The Fire Breathing Monster |
Tim Taylor Junior Moderator Location: Oakland, CA Join Date: 02/02/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 622 Rally Car: Mazda 323 GTX |
JohnLane Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Tim I bring it up not to be disparaging, but to > help ya see that when it happens you have a path > toward making a real improvement that will > hopefully be the end of the failures. > > JohnLane > > Overkill is consistently more fun Don't worry John. I take no offense at your comments in fact I appreciate them. None of my up front research into upgrading the brakes showed any problem with the bearings. Just a lot of people annoyed with the shim preload design. I've only had the car for about a year and I'm slowly rebuilding/upgrading it from it's crashed state. For the most part I make these parts because it entertains me. If the bearings start to be a problem I'll likely make a switch. For right now I just need to connect the dots between the ears and the caliper: 
And for Paddy, Stock stud, 5C collet, and a Hardinge depth stop: 
Then if you want to do them fast you pop it into a Hardinge HC with all three tools already loaded on the turret: 
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Tim Taylor Junior Moderator Location: Oakland, CA Join Date: 02/02/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 622 Rally Car: Mazda 323 GTX |
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John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Dazed_Driver Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Do you think there is enough meat on those 10.75 x > .81 rotors to shave them down to 10 or 10.25? > > Feisty Peacock? Tim the INNER diameter has to be considered or the pad ends up over hanging---that's why that Coleman rotor was chosen when I did the Capri brakes: 
You can see that reducing the OD of the disc can be done because the bolt circle is smaller so there's more ID meat. You can see a simple disc with the disc bolt circle and the hub bolt circle and you'd be in business., and you can vary the plate thickness to tune where the caliper should sit. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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