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Subject: [Fot] brake pad and rotor discovery and update
From: steve at artwithcars.com (Steven Belfer)
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:12:34 -0700
References: <1496073395.378283.1531254099121@connect.xfinity.com> <000001d4191c$23b6fac0$6b24f040$@gmail.com> <1459031586.394619.1531319752990@connect.xfinity.com>
I switched from the Carbotech pads to Porterfield. They work great and the car 
stops faster!

~Steve


> On Jul 11, 2018, at 7:35 AM, DAVE HOGYE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> Just to clarify, the calipers on my TR3 are the 16PB TR6 units.  They are 
> similar to the 16P, but the P calipers have 1/4" pins and the PBs have 3/16" 
> pins.  The PBs also have a more durable flush seal design that I like.  I 
> open the pin hole to 1/4" for easier pad selection.  If I get a set of pads 
> with 3/16" holes, I just open them to 1/4".  The PB caliper are sometimes 
> referred to as "metric" because the mount holes and the bolt are metric 
> sized.  
> 
> There shouldn't be any evidence of sanding or grinding marks around the edges 
> of the pad backing plate or on the friction pad.  If there is, they are most 
> likely undersize.  
> 
> I have 4 sets of other pads.  2 different Moss compounds, 1 Hawk Blue and an 
> old set of Raybestos that are still new in the box.  None of these pads have 
> any evidence of sanding or grinding on the plate edge.  The edges are cleanly 
> sheared.  
> 
> Also, the plates should be well proud of the friction material and they are 
> on these 4 sets.  On the Carbotech pads, the plates have been ground almost 
> flush to the edge of the friction pad.  So the pad edge is making contact 
> with the caliper slot.  Not good.  
> 
> It totally sucks that I have had to discover and study this matter.  This can 
> be regarded as a serious oversight from Carbotech.   This could be 
> potentially dangerous.  I noticed this through a routine check after an event 
> when one side seemed to be dragging more than the other.  
> 
> Dave H.
> 
>> On July 11, 2018 at 6:36 AM timmmurphh at gmail.com wrote: 
>> 
>> Thanks for this report.  We have had some issues with the Carbotech pads on 
>> our TR4 at Blackhawk and the Kcup.  We use the CT2-XP10 compound.  I will 
>> check our pad to caliper slot clearance.  Does anyone know offhand of the 
>> slot on the 16P calipers on our TR4 is the same as the TR3 at 3.095??
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Tim Murphy
>> 
>> #317 TR4
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of DAVE HOGYE via Fot
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 3:22 PM
>> To: Friends of Triumph <Fot at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Fot] brake pad and rotor discovery and update
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Hello Friends,
>> 
>> I have been finding out quite a bit about the unusual and developing front 
>> brake pad, rotor and caliper issues that I have discovered on my TR3.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> What I found was that the Carbotech CT-57 pads were causing the problem.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The supporting or backing plates of the pads had been ground down at 
>> Carbotech, far under the normal plate width that I measured in 4 other 
>> production pads that I have on hand.  Besides that, they were not ground 
>> down squarely.
>> 
>>   
>> 
>> This allowed the piston to take tremendous side load under braking causing 
>> the uneven and diagonal wear pattern in the pads.  This also caused the 
>> rotor to contact the caliper as the pads took on heavy uneven wear.
>> 
>>   
>> 
>> The slot in the TR6 caliper is 3.095" and the four non-Carbotech pads sets 
>> have a plate width of no less than 3.082".  The Carbotech plates have an out 
>> of square measurement of 3.030-3.050".  That's as much as .065" clearance in 
>> the caliper slot.  
>> 
>> The plates have too much clearance.  I found that a maximum of .010" backing 
>> plate to caliper slot clearance is more normal.  One set of pads have only 
>> .005" clearance. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Furthermore, the corners of the Carbotech plates and pads were ground down 
>> far enough that the lower end of the pads hardly made contact with the 
>> caliper slot allowing more stress on the caliper piston.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I have been going back and forth with Carbotech on this matter and I will be 
>> sending back the badly worn set along with a brand set that have the same 
>> production issues.  I bought the two sets at the same time last August.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> What I found is that any backing plates that show evidence of sanding or 
>> grinding marks should be measured for proper clearance, but that really, 
>> there should be no sanding or grinding marks...ever.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> All of the other pads I have show no evidence of sanding or grinding marks.  
>> The previously shaped friction pads are cleanly attached to the backing 
>> plates and the backing plate is revealed around the friction material.  Only 
>> the backing plate makes contact with the caliper slot.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> It looks like I have to find another race pad supplier.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Dave H.
>> 
>> 831-234-4928
>> 
>>  
>> 
> 
>  
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