[Fot] Brake caliper sealing rings

[MadMarx]

Hi Tony,



I run EBC yellow brake pads and I use ATE blue racing fluid.

I have not measured the brake temps as my gauge ends at 200 degree
centigrade.

I used the available sealing rings you can buy but I always wondered about
that they feel like that a Chinese worker does cut old bicycle tires into
sealing rings.

The available rings are very soft and look a little sloppy made.



The seals I used came from Bastuck, Limora and Moss/Europe.

The current ring I use I got as a sample for testing from the manufacturer,
custom made for me.

If you have them in your hands, you really feel the reliability compared
with the Chinese worker made ones.



I also think you could reuse them twice or more. The finest rubber for this
use they are made from.



But expensive..240 is a huge number of rings. Will make a hole in my pocket
;-)



Cheers

Chris





Von: Tony and Annie Garmey [mailto:horizonracing at msn.com]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Oktober 2010 22:14
An: toodamnfunky at comcast.net; tr4racing at googlemail.com
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Betreff: RE: [Fot] Brake caliper sealing rings



Chris,
Can you pls give me the Brake temps you are running and fluid brand/type.
Who's seals were you using? I have not seen a cailper seal failure in any of
my TR's for a long time. BPR seals with AP 551 brake fluid.
thx
Tony

> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:04:37 +0000
> From: toodamnfunky at comcast.net
> To: tr4racing at googlemail.com
> CC: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Brake caliper sealing rings
>
> Count me in for 2 sets
>
>
>
> Jim G.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
> To: fot at autox.team.net
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:19:23 PM
> Subject: [Fot] Brake caliper sealing rings
>
> Hi FOT,
>
> after I got bothered over years by leaking brake seals I started to
develop
> rings out of special DOT 3;4;5.1 resistant rubber with extended heat
> resistance.
>
> They are made for racing purpose and surprisingly they also do help
against
> pad pushback.
> I have run the sealing rings the whole season and had no leaks and hard as
a
> rock brake pedal.
> As the dust cover do get toasted during racing I replaced the dust cover
by
> a slotted ring to prevent the enter of dirt into the caliper.
>
> These rings are expensive because of the material they are made from.
>
> I didn't order a run of rings as I have to take the minimum of 240 from
the
> manufacturer to get an acceptable price.
>
> If there is interest on your side I would like to know.
>
>
> Cheers
> Chris
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