[Fot] Alighnment killed my TR4 rotors?

[Tony Drews]

Just because the calipers are rebuilt doesn't mean they retract the 
pad slightly like they need to.  Jack's were newly assembled, newly 
rebuilt using new pieces, and they didn't retract properly so got too 
hot and faded.  If you have a lining that doesn't fade, it will just 
get really hot and boil the brake fluid giving you a long 
pedal.  However, I THINK that the pedal gets better when things cool down.

- Tony Drews

At 10:51 AM 5/19/2009, toodamnfunky at comcast.net wrote:
>Michael,
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>The masters and calipers are rebuilt with only two races on them prior to this
>past weekend.
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>jg
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Porter" <mdporter at dfn.com>
>To: toodamnfunky at comcast.net
>Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:30:37 AM GMT -07:00 Chihuahua / La Paz /
>Mazatlan
>Subject: Re: [Fot] Alighnment killed my TR4 rotors?
>
>toodamnfunky at comcast.net wrote:
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>Micheal,
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>I suspect the alignment caused the rotor & pad damage but I still can't get
>the brakes to bleed
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>and get the pedal back where it wants to be. I pushed almost two quarts of
>fresh fluid through
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>over the weekend. I'm going to get new Wilwood masters to start with.
>
>All I haveB in the front circuit is the line splitter that runs to the left &
>right calipers.B
>Must have misread--thought you said you got a good pedal later.B  No
>matter--if the system was really, really hot, that could have caused some
>damage to the rubbers in the system.B  Before you invest in new masters, did
>you install new caliper piston seals and new rubbers in the master
>cylinders?B  Most nitrile rubbers can handle temps up to about 500 deg. F.B
>If you boiled the fluid really good, the heat transfer into the fluid goes way
>down, and the calipers would get really, really hot.
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>Something to consider, anyway.
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>Cheers.
>--
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>Michael Porter
>Roswell, NM
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>
>Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking
>distance....
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