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Strange 31 spline c-clip axle problems
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<blockquote data-quote="hpbyhermann" data-source="post: 1339058" data-attributes="member: 4712"><p><strong>let me explain further...</strong></p><p></p><p>when you install the calipers on the rotors with the wheels off and without bolting up the rotors to first check for preload they go on easy due to the fact the rotor isn't pushed up tight on the axle face, and when you bolt the wheels on you are pushing the rotor against the brake pads in effect bending the mounting face on the axles if the caliper piston isn't adjusted properly...thats why the factory makes the caliper pistons adjustable....you can move the pistons in or out to suit the adjustment your particular setup needs so they won't be pre-loaded and cause failures such as these...i run the strange axles on my mid 10 sec 03' and have never had a failure on the dozens of irs conversions that i have done...this is hard to explain what i'm trying to say about the pre-loading but i have seen weird things like this happen due to pre loading the axles with misaligned brake calipers....hermann</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hpbyhermann, post: 1339058, member: 4712"] [b]let me explain further...[/b] when you install the calipers on the rotors with the wheels off and without bolting up the rotors to first check for preload they go on easy due to the fact the rotor isn't pushed up tight on the axle face, and when you bolt the wheels on you are pushing the rotor against the brake pads in effect bending the mounting face on the axles if the caliper piston isn't adjusted properly...thats why the factory makes the caliper pistons adjustable....you can move the pistons in or out to suit the adjustment your particular setup needs so they won't be pre-loaded and cause failures such as these...i run the strange axles on my mid 10 sec 03' and have never had a failure on the dozens of irs conversions that i have done...this is hard to explain what i'm trying to say about the pre-loading but i have seen weird things like this happen due to pre loading the axles with misaligned brake calipers....hermann [/QUOTE]
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