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Postby Gromit » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:56 pm

I think i`ll go back into makeing them myself, heres some I did a while ago for the Westfields.

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:D :D :D
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Postby matt hayward » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:54 am

making them? :?
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Postby Gromit » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:28 pm

Yep!

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Postby sportscott » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:42 pm

Machining them from billits or casting them too? :?
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Postby Gromit » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:54 pm

Machining from origin disc, used to lighten the Westfield ones but wouldn`t do that on a transit, just put some grooves in them to aid gas removal and pad deglazing.
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Postby matt hayward » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:11 pm

thats pretty cool. how ong does it take for you to do each one?
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Postby Gromit » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:06 pm

About two and a half hours a pair, it takes a while to jig them up correctly.
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Postby Luke » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:25 pm

a tip for facing up worn disks is to do away with the chuck and bolt them to the spindle to get them perfectly true :D

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Postby Gromit » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:04 pm

or use a face plate.

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