[s-cars] Looking for BTDTs replacing the seals on Big Reds...
Kevin Day
kday at ultrameta.org
Mon Sep 17 05:19:34 PDT 2007
I managed to melt the outer seals on my brake calipers by running the
pads too thin at the track.
http://www.boost-instruments.com/brakes/DSCN1789.jpg
Can anyone offer their experience in replacing these seals? Is it
feasible? Who has the best price? It looks like it will run me $175
for all eight seals from Pelican Parts but I am not entirely sure
these are the right seals. I think I probably just need the outer
seals.
Needless to say, the moral of the story is don't run your pads down to
1/4" and run the brakes hard. I wonder if using the 30mm rotor (cf
the 32 mm rotor designed for these calipers) led to the failure in
conjunction with the thin pads.
-Kevin
'94 S4 w/ 928GTS calipers, RS2 brackets, DBA 4000 series 323mm rotors
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