Exactly what I've been thinking. All of this concern over a split caliper.
Did anyone ever stop to think about how many folks have put new rubber into
an old master cylinder with scores that are aimed at us on the highway? Lots
have done so in too many types of cars to mention. Yikes guys, what about
all of the beaters aimed at us every day? I'd rather have a TR enthusiast
who split his calipers and re-assembled them with new seals on the highway
with me than a lot of the stuff out there every day.
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: <Windoseat@aol.com>
To: <Acekraut11@aol.com>; <TR250Driver@aol.com>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Brake Caliper Conspiracy
> Listers;
>
> All this talk about calipers has led me to think about a brake failure I
had
> on my GT6+ back in 1971. The car was three years old and as I approached a
> busy intersection the seal in the master cylinder failed and the brakes
went
> away! All four sides at once. Thanks to the hand brake I didn't sail
through the
> intersection. I borrowed my mother's GT6+ (insanity runs in our family)
and on
> the drive to Allentown, Pa. the clutch master cylinder on her car
developed a
> leak!
>
> The reason I bring this up is that if an improperly rebuilt caliper failed
> you would still have the benefit of some braking and theirs always the
hand
> brake if everything fails. So the fears of caliper failure are real but
the result
> would be a leaking caliper with reduced braking force rather than a
> catastrophic caliper failure with spectacular results. Proper torque is
essential but
> over torquing would probably strip the caliper threads as opposed to
elongating
> a high strength bolt.
>
> Greg Wolf
> KC/79747-L
> 1970 GT6+
> Laurel Green
> Bridgewater, Michigan
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