from:larrybsp@aol.com (Lary Stark)
James,
I understand your point but it is not practical in my
case for two reasons. How am I supposed to simulate the torque from a hard
brake stop without a brake dyno? I also have floating calipers. With this
design either the inside or the outside pad wears faster. It's due to
friction between the pad and the mounting bracket. It varies from wheel to
wheel. C5 brakes have mounting brackets that look like they belong on a
Honda. Under braking they flex and deform. I have 2 degrees of negative
camber in my front end. The last set of Hawk Blues I took out wore like I had
1.5 degrees of positive caster on both the left and right wheel. As I had put
in a larger master cylinder I had anticipated "clam shelling" of the caliper.
The wear was parallel across the pads so the calipers were not opening up.
The real answer is a pair of Alcon or Brembo 6 piston calipers. Now all I
have to do is find a Ferrari in my neighborhood parked on a dark street. :)
:)
Larry
> indexing the calipers refers to matching the clamping force so that it
> presses evenly on the rotor by altering the caliper to hub mount. the
> clamping action of the calipers might not be exactly parallel to the rotor.
> the major symptom is if you get slanted wear on the pads that is inversely
> symmetrical on the opposing pad. not sure if this is what you are
> referring
> to. bendy calipers are bad news in any case. what i was suggesting was to
> index the caliper so that the clamping force under FULL load is properly
> indexed, not the orientation when the caliper is not under braking stress.
> this is just an idea, ive not tried this myself.
>
> -james
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