[Fot] More brake dust on left front

Steven Belfer colordog.1 at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 21 22:16:52 MDT 2008


So I'm installing Uncle Jack's uprated spindles on my TR3 and, of  
course the old ones won't come out.  Next thing you know, I'm taking  
apart the lower a-arms, spring pan, etc to get the uprights out.  Took  
one side to the machine shop, he put it in the press, gave it a couple  
of pumps and nothing moved, he walked away and POP!  Anyway, I noticed  
that the Driver's side front is much more covered in brake dust.  It  
was very sooty and gross.  The Right side, not so much, it didn't take  
much wiping down.

So, because the road courses are clockwise and there are more right  
turns, If I'm completing my braking going into the RT turn, does that  
load up the Left front brake more Hence the deposits of brake dust?

By the way, Uncle Jack's spindle setup AND aluminum front hubs are  
nothing short of amazing.  One more question, do you have to double- 
nut the outer end of the spindle to tighten in the big nyloc nut on  
the inner end of the front upright?

~Steve



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