Bleeding Wilwood Brakes?
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At least you caught it. Something you might think about is painting a line across critical bolt joints with some bright fingernail polish, that way if it starts to work loose again you can see it at a quick glance as the paint will be cracked. I've been doing that for a while and it makes it real easy to do a quick check under the car for problems.
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Good Idea!
Thanks for the tip! A quick visual check once a week or so could save a very bad day!!
Gene
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Update
After a brief discussion of runout/measuring/heat/application with the tech guy on the phone yesterday I've decided to step up to a kit that may be the way I should have gone in the first place.
The kit we had ordered originally is actually listed on the Wilwood site as being rated up to a 2800# car...we're actually over that and the tech guy stated that even if we do get rid of our shudder problem that it wouldn't be long that the problem could re-occur because of the weight/speed we're running....He also stated that we shouldn't be having this problem out-of-the-box either though.
We got into a discussion about the ins and outs of measuring the pieces and the possibility of them looking at the setup themselves before we talked about stepping up to a setup that would be more suitable to our application. I really didn't want to tear the car down for who knows how long and then have a very good probability of the problem reoccurring because of the weight/heat issues.
So, I'm going with a little heavier setup....I'm still pretty sure that a resurfacing of the rotors would fix the problem with these but for my application we're better off going with the other setup. Bottom line is I should have researched the kits better in the first place and not wasted alot of time
The kit we had ordered originally is actually listed on the Wilwood site as being rated up to a 2800# car...we're actually over that and the tech guy stated that even if we do get rid of our shudder problem that it wouldn't be long that the problem could re-occur because of the weight/speed we're running....He also stated that we shouldn't be having this problem out-of-the-box either though.
We got into a discussion about the ins and outs of measuring the pieces and the possibility of them looking at the setup themselves before we talked about stepping up to a setup that would be more suitable to our application. I really didn't want to tear the car down for who knows how long and then have a very good probability of the problem reoccurring because of the weight/heat issues.
So, I'm going with a little heavier setup....I'm still pretty sure that a resurfacing of the rotors would fix the problem with these but for my application we're better off going with the other setup. Bottom line is I should have researched the kits better in the first place and not wasted alot of time
Glory Days Racing Speed Shop
www.elimn8u.com
www.elimn8u.com
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