There's not much stress there--it's the outer edge of the flange where it
meets the wheel. But I'll probably keep it just because it's pretty. I can
easily chamfer the calipers, but they're beautiful and rare (and were
absurdly expensive). I'd just as soon take a file to my wristwatch. I'm
going to play with spacers first. There's enough differential pad movement
to accommodate it with slightly worn pads. Though it might all go bad when I
fit new ones.
-----Original Message-----
From: elliottd [mailto:elliott@videotron.ca]
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:43 AM
To: Bill Babcock; John Price; Susan Kahler; Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: Aluminum hubs
A sharp inside corner will raise stresses. Leave the radius as it to keep
the stresses lower. Can you put a chamfer on the caliper to clear the
radius ?
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "John Price" <jprice1@txcyber.com>; "Susan Kahler"
<spitfiresuz@141.com>; "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:45 AM
Subject: Aluminum hubs
> I mounted the aluminum hubs from the most recent group buy (Southwick?)
this
> weekend and found that the radius of the outer flange grinds against my
> caliper. It's an easy fix, but something to watch for. My calipers are old
> F1 units (very light aluminum that look like the old girlings--yes, I had
to
> ditch my beloved Wilwood Ultralights). Now I need to decide if I remachine
> the flange to put a bevel on it instead of the lovely radius, or file a
> little flat in my caliper (too pretty, I don't think so) or just put a
thick
> washer between the caliper ears and the mounting boss. I'm leaning towards
> the latter.
|