Wobbly brakes finaly sorted

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Wobbly brakes finaly sorted

#1 Post by spiderwheels » Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:10 pm

I finally got around to drilling out the rivets and mating the rotors mangocrazy sent me to my disc centres.

No more lever pulsing! And now I have virtually new discs too for a about 90 quid. :)
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#2 Post by fatboy » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:32 pm

So it down to worn bobbins ?
I recently saw a pair of GSXR front discs where some one had fitted small circlips to the inside of the bobbins ( facing toward the hub )
I dont think I would have enjoyed riding that and having to give it a big handfull of front anchor.
Glad you got it sorted :smt003
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Re: Wobbly brakes finaly sorted

#3 Post by mangocrazy » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:38 pm

spiderwheels wrote:I finally got around to drilling out the rivets and mating the rotors mangocrazy sent me to my disc centres.

No more lever pulsing! And now I have virtually new discs too for a about 90 quid. :)
Glad it all worked out well!

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#4 Post by spiderwheels » Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:34 pm

fatboy wrote:So it down to worn bobbins ?
I recently saw a pair of GSXR front discs where some one had fitted small circlips to the inside of the bobbins ( facing toward the hub )
I dont think I would have enjoyed riding that and having to give it a big handfull of front anchor.
Glad you got it sorted :smt003
No it was down to disc thickness variation (0.07mm !!)

The only reason I drilled out the bobbins was to use mango's rotors (without carriers).

The new bobbins are the circlip type (otherwise I couldn't have fitted them myself). I bought them off blackshadow so I guess they're the same ones they use on their own discs.

And I guess I should have posted this in the Bar and bought a round. OK, next one is on me. :D
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