The spacers to stiffen the axle and the upgraded axle are being produced
right now. I elected to only provide the spacers with an upgraded axle for
safety reasons. Should be available in early January.
Mark Weathers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: <N197TR4@cs.com>; <owner-fot@autox.team.net>;
<riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: RE: TR3 brakes
> What ever happened to the bearing mods to put the axle under tension? the
> biggest pucker factor I know of with a triumph is always having to give
the
> brakes a pump before they come up. A high firm pedal would be a big
> confidence booster.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
> To: riverside@Cedar-Rapids.net; fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: 12/15/2003 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: TR3 brakes
>
> Come to think of it, since I dont use brakes much anyway, why should I
> upgrade?
>
> I'll let sons Sean & Mark work on this.
>
> I do want to make the mod that prevents the pad setback that causes a
> high
> pucker factor.
>
> Joe (A)
>
> > My old 3 had stock brakes except for pads. cooked them
> > at Blackhawk only, never at R/A or MAR. I was surprised
> > how good they were. I hardly ever got outbraked by anything
> > and routinely outbraked C and D Sports Racers which
> > should not have been happening.
> > The larger caliper piston area of brand X caliper may require
> > a different size master to keep the pedal off the floor. Or it
> > may be just ducky with light effort and "travel modulation"
> > instead of "pressure modulation". Let us know how they
> > work out.
> >
> > art de armond
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