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Hi all, Wot the subject says. In relation to Corty calipers in particular. My local brake man has quoted me $100 a caliper including parts which seems a bit...
G'day Tim, O'Haul kits are round the $20-25.00 or cheaper from memory (usually a main seal and dust boot) there's also a square O ring between the halves. The...
Try Genesis Automotive Developments in Perth. http://www.genesisautodev.com.au/site/ Mike. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Tim An easy job to clean and rebuild. Just make sure when you are removing the piston that you put the calliper in a strong vice, put a solid block of wood ...
G'day Tim, I paid $170 to get both of mine done last year - TE Cortina. Cheers, Simon ________________________________________________________________________ ...
I'd show him how to do it for less than that :) Nige. ... _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Crowded House Time...
Hi Tim, perhaps you should ring around and see what price the parts will cost you if you do it your self, and then decide if you would rather do it you self or...
Yeah Mike I'd love to come down for the Nationals - but I think my uni may be sending me on a coutse to WA at that time. But hey, send me the dates. Would be...
Hi all, I've recently received my torsional test results and I reckon there's a problem with them. The calcs show that the degrees of twist along the length of...
Tim, when you say the results are inconsistent, in what way do you mean that. If you treat the results as a percentage of 100%, I would expect the worst twist...
... there's a ... the length ... after ... graph it ... degrees of ... supported at ... in this ... by the ... Tim, On a uniform section, your assumption is...
Hi Tim I might be misunderstanding your email, but I gather that you are saying the twist decreases in the cockpit area (ie that area is more rigid). If so, ...
Giday Nigel, Les Canfield here I would be very interested in finding out about the 2 extra braces you put into your engine bay as this is about where I'm upto ...
Les, will do. I struck problems because the intake of the Zetec motor sits where the driver's side diagonal brace usually goes. I retrofitted the bracing...
The structures that we build and use on these cars can not bend or twist back like that. Therefore there can only be one or two reasons, for this 1) There was...
Tim, When I do a torsion test I preload the "lift" side dial gauges (opposite the mass) 400 thou and set the load side at zero.This way they do not lift clear ...
Tim I sent this early but it seems to have got caught up in a black hole some where.. I have just had a second thoughts about your email. Where where the...
Tim I have just had a second thoughts about your email. Where where the stations located that you have listed eg 0.0m, seat back 1m, dash 1.6m, rear of engine...
All Further to my email yesterday, the thesis I was referring to is called "ANALYSIS OF TORSIONAL STIFFNESS AND DESIGN IMPROVEMENT STUDY OF A KIT CAR CHASSIS...
Nigel, ... called .. snipping .. It's vital reading for those still constructing their chassis. I've read the thesis many times. It's very interesting. How...
Hi Gavin I only needed to install a couple of tubes in the engine bay. Fortunately the torsion test results for my chassis were then virtually linear so I ...