Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 06:43 PM |
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Should I return them...Calipers
Six weeks ago I ordered a wilwood powerlite calliper kit with vented discs for sierra uprights from a well known company.
The first kit arrived but nothing seemed right ...the discs did not fit into the callipers, wrong pins ect..
The company apologised and asked me to return the full kit ( this upset the old lady at the post office as she could not lift the box!!)
The new kit arrived earlier in the week and looked fine!!!
When fitted last night I fin that I had to make a 1mm spacer to fit on the hub so that the disc ran central in the calliper and more importantly the
disc falls well short of the end of the pads..
The pistons are even slightly further out than the end of the dick..
This seem like a major problem with the kit.. I don’t want to spend money on something that isn’t going to do a proper job..
the basic question is -- as the pistons are not fully lined up with disc and the pad will end up wearing with a lip -- should I return it?
see pics
 
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 06:44 PM |
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another pic
 
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ady8077
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 07:09 PM |
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Hi Paul
I've been looking at getting a 4 pot kit and yours doesn't seem right, surely the pad should be covered by the disk?
What’s the mounting bracket look like
P S its common to have to use washers to central the disk, the ford callipers were sliding and account for small tolerances in the casting of the
upright
Adrian
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 07:12 PM |
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Paul, don't know where you got them from, i use ralley design for willwood stuff and never been disappointed.
You will have paid a lot of money for them and should expect them too be perfect and nothing less, as for sending them back if your not happy then it
seems you already have your answer.
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wilkingj
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 07:18 PM |
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Ring them first, you may just have the wrong discs or something like that.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 20/9/05 at 07:10 PM |
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Callipers are going back for a full refund ...
supplier apologised and said there was a problem with the kit...
always nice to deal with a friendly supplier..
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ady8077
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| posted on 20/9/05 at 08:15 PM |
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Glad you got it sorted
Have you seen MNR's brake kit?
http://www.mnrltd.co.uk/Brakes.html
Adrian
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esn163
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| posted on 26/11/05 at 03:19 PM |
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Hi Paul, did you get some brakes in the end? If so, what did you go with and from where?
Ed
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