[s-cars] Cracked Big Brake Brackets - ECS Stage 2

[manuelsanchez at starpower.net]

Taka,

Thanks for the info. These brackets have the following number on them

ECS 1006

I bought them about 3 years ago.

Would you know what rotors are run with the RS2 brackets (2.7TT?) and their respective size?

Regards,

-Manny


---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:47:20 -0400
>From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cracked Big Brake Brackets - ECS Stage 2  
>To: "manuelsanchez at starpower.net" <manuelsanchez at starpower.net>
>Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
>
>   Manny-
>   If you look up this issue on Audiworld, some people
>   have mentioned improper
>   threading of the brackets as the cause.
>
>   Hopefully, it was a run of brackets that is long
>   past, but unless someone logs what brackets are
>   defective (are there serial numbers on them?), you
>   would not know.
>
>   The other solution, if you can verify that the hat
>   dimensions are compatible, is to source a set of RS2
>   brackets from Europe and use them. RS2 brackets are
>   steel and OEM, therefore should not be an issue for
>   cracking.
>
>   Taka
>
>   On 10/23/06, manuelsanchez at starpower.net <
>   manuelsanchez at starpower.net> wrote:
>
>     S-heads,
>
>     I was having my tech inspection for upcoming VIR
>     school and found that both of my ECS Stage 2
>     caliper mounting brackets are cracked. Based on
>     some recent internet posts on the subject, I made
>     sure the tech checked carefully.
>
>     I spoke with Gary at ECS, he was very nice and did
>     some checking with the returns department. He told
>     me he thougght this was an isolated incident. I
>     mentioned that I was clued into this potential
>     problem from chatter on the net, but he said he
>     had never run across the issue and he handles 50%
>     of the calls.
>
>     I would be interested to know how many others have
>     had this problem and what you did about it
>     (contacted ECS?).
>
>     I asked if the design had changed at all, and he
>     said no. I suppose it could be an isolated
>     manufacturing defect, but I wonder if it is a
>     design issue. Obviiously I would prefer that this
>     not happen again, and a design revision would
>     probably make me sleep better.
>
>     So check you caliper mounting brackets.
>
>     Again, Gary was very nice and helpful, and ECS
>     will warranty the brackets. I need to buy new
>     brackets, returned the cracked ones, and then they
>     will refund the cost of the replacement brackets.
>
>     I'm wondering though what my other options would
>     be for a 993TT Big Red brake kit. Any thoughts?
>
>     -manny
>     UrS6 Avant ' cracked ' brackets
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