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  1. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    I believe Steve is showing factory bottom caps that have been worn threw. But do you really think this is cause the material inst hard enough? Becuase not all caps wear like that. Could it be caused by improper spacer on top cap? also never greasing the king pins? If the orginal caps are that...
  2. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    What made you decided to case harded the lower brackets. Kyle
  3. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    What made you make this decision ? Did bracket fail at one point? Or show signs of fatigue. What are the original king pin caps made of? Thanks Kyle
  4. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    again not the best pic but you can see it is flat
  5. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    Ask and you shall receive. factory is straight with no radius. ill post a pic of a factory one when i get home. Kyle
  6. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    this isnt the best picture but it shows the saddle that holds the brake pads and where some grinding had to be done. Now this pic is of the rear axle i couldnt find a good pic of the front set up with the saddle. Mudguppy, do you have any pics of the bottom side of your saddles? or do you...
  7. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    ill try to find some pics. but you have the f350 calipers in the front if im not mistaken right? The f550 saddle that the caliper mounts to hits the knuckle (on the front) and to get full contact of the brake pad it has to be ground/machined down to allow the pads to make full contact with the...
  8. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    I think i know why he uses different rotors in the rear. IF you look the two rotors are two different widths/ lengths. The one is .8longer. Using the longer ones in the rear puts the caliper closer to the original brake mounting plate, making the bracket smaller. So you could use either rotors...
  9. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    Just some food for thought. Using the f350 calipers on the front instead of using the f550 makes the brackets longer and has more bend in the bottom bracket. If you notice on steves brackets the huge gusset he has support the bottom bracket after being bent. Also, think this was covered but you...
  10. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    Yep those brackets were cut on a water jet.
  11. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    Here are some old pics from like 4 years ago when i did my first wheel brake set up
  12. blackrock

    Disc Brake Engineering Thread

    Ill post some pics up of my setup
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