Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 11:47 pm, by: Paul Irwin(Rival)
Received my Ferodo DS2500 racing pads today and they are missing the little holes that i clip the anti squeal spring thingo into...
is this spring mandatory? I will be putting the toyota pads back in when i get home from the track, but do they need to be there when i am at the track?
should i just drill these with a fine drill bit and a high speed drill (one of the advantages to having two fitters & turners in the family).
Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 11:47 am, by: Paul Irwin(Rival)
well... i didnt get to the track, looks like some tool in the past had overtightened the nipple to bleed my brakes, and upon undoing the nipple a little bit of my caliper broke off where the nipple screws into the caliper...
Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 05:09 pm, by: Steve Latimer(Latsus)
Oi Paul, Is it possible to Helicoil/Recoil/Timesert the damaged thread? Most competent mechanical/engineering workshops should be capable of performing such a repair!
Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 11:06 pm, by: Paul Irwin(Rival)
I have two fitter & turners/boilermakers in the family so the suggestion has already been made to try milling it down, boring out a new recess and then rethreading it.
but to rebore it down we are worried it may actually bore into the piston cylinder and the angle on the internal cone of the recess needs to exactly match the cone on the end of the nipple for it to seal (apparently). not impossible, just time consuming (apparently they need to grind a drill bit to the right angle after they have milled the surface smooth.