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VW Racing Big Brake kit product review
jabbalad:
the pads will have the cut through them yes, but i was talking more about the 45 degree slopes off the ends of the pad, (shown to the left and right of the pad in the pic)
Tony, i just used a bench grinder, you could use a sander or a hand file i guess (be preparred for lots of dust tho) :laugh:
xht20:
a friend gave me another idea: when you brake and the pads touches the disc, they could move it 1-2 mm and the disc moves the custom spigot extension and this transfers the vibrations to the wheel and to the whole car further. At high speeds a movement of only few mm is enough to produce big wobbles. Hope i explained good. Here is a simplification:
the path of the vibration:
pads-> disc movement -> spigot extension movement -> wheel wobble -> car vibration
i know this theory sounds stupid, but i'm trying to give myself an explanation
jabbalad:
The brakes have been designed by Caparo to a very high standard, so I can assure you that there wouldn't be any movement in the pads, calipers or disks to make the wobble.
I have had phone calls from Caparo themselves and they have been very very helpful with trying to diagnose the problem that i had (which sounds exactly the same as what your having), and even offered to have a look at the brakes on the car if i couldn't sort it the way they had suggested!, but now i have put the chamfer onto the pads the wobble has completely gone!
I would really try doing this first, i would be very very surprised if your spigot extension has anything to do with it!
MAT ED30:
As jabba says above caparo know what they are doing as it is a it kit made for vwr. I was watching these brakes being thrashed around the track yesterday on about 3 cars and trust me after speaking to the drivers and getting brake temps from Mat after they had done 10+ laps on them i can assure u they are awesome :smiley:
chungster:
Teff,
If you only need the spigot to help mount a wheel on, then why not just get a wheel mounting tool like this
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