NC BBK design quality
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:37 pm
Hello,
I would like to find solutions or explanations about big brake kits for NC. Is there a reason why they are so badly designed ? The parts are strong but the adjustments are bad. I mean that the caliper is not placed correctly along the rotor and pads exceed from the contact surface.
I’ve first noticed that last year when fitting the V8R 11.75" BBK on my car. I had to find a machinist to remove about 1.5mm on the caliper braket to have the pads fitted correctly with the rotor circumference.
V8R was not helpfull to admit that the fiting was wrong. I managed myself to fit the kit correctly.
Also, the center hat chamfer was not enough to fit the hub, I had to remove a bit to have the same shape of a stock rotor.
This year I tried to fit the GWR budget front kit on a friend’s NC. This time the hats ‘chamfer was large enough. But there is still a big problem on the pads alignment. The brackets shape is different from the V8R so it is impossible to adjust by machine them. What solution do you have for that ?
Manufacturers claim 0.002" tolerance but in my opinion these kits are not designed seriously.
Am I the only one to notice it ?
Regards
I would like to find solutions or explanations about big brake kits for NC. Is there a reason why they are so badly designed ? The parts are strong but the adjustments are bad. I mean that the caliper is not placed correctly along the rotor and pads exceed from the contact surface.
I’ve first noticed that last year when fitting the V8R 11.75" BBK on my car. I had to find a machinist to remove about 1.5mm on the caliper braket to have the pads fitted correctly with the rotor circumference.
V8R was not helpfull to admit that the fiting was wrong. I managed myself to fit the kit correctly.
Also, the center hat chamfer was not enough to fit the hub, I had to remove a bit to have the same shape of a stock rotor.
This year I tried to fit the GWR budget front kit on a friend’s NC. This time the hats ‘chamfer was large enough. But there is still a big problem on the pads alignment. The brackets shape is different from the V8R so it is impossible to adjust by machine them. What solution do you have for that ?
Manufacturers claim 0.002" tolerance but in my opinion these kits are not designed seriously.
Am I the only one to notice it ?
Regards