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Re: Min specs for TR4 brakes??

To: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Subject: Re: Min specs for TR4 brakes??
From: Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 13:47:57 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Andrew Mace wrote:

> On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Robert M. Lang wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Carl,
> > 
> > I can't speak for all TR4's, but the front rotors on the TR6 start at .510
> > thickness.  10 mm is a little under .250 inches....
> 
> Wait! Stop the Standard Atlas Van a second here! If there are 2.54 cm in 
> 1 inch, that means 25.4 mm per inch. So 10 mm would be just a shade under 
> .4 inch, right? Not quite so bad as .250 inches. (Of course, I think an 
> average TR would eat up a .25 in rotor in about three stops!)

You are of course correct Andy. 10 mm is about .418 inches, not .250. My 
mistake. I just measured an old rotor that I thought was that thin (.250), 
and it was in fact .430 (more or less). Thin enough to toss in my book.

Thanks for the correction

> --Andy

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