Padstar
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| posted on 11/8/12 at 08:34 AM |
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Brake dust shields
Do you reuse the brake dust shields on the Haynes roadster? I can't see mention of them in the book but wanted to double check before I bin
them.
Also I plan to get my hubs, uprights and callipers powdercoated. Strange question but gunmetal/grey or Matt black. I realise it's personal
preference but wondered if any of you have done similar and have pictures.
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deezee
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| posted on 11/8/12 at 09:46 AM |
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Mine are in the bin. The wheel is open, so its gets a bloody strong breeze across is braking from 70. More than enough to shift dust.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/8/12 at 10:39 AM |
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They are nothing to do with brake dust, they are to prevent stones getting wedged into the caliper.
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Padstar
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| posted on 11/8/12 at 11:02 AM |
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Are they required for the test and mot?
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Davg
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| posted on 11/8/12 at 11:53 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Padstar
Are they required for the test and mot?
Nope
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britishtrident
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| posted on 12/8/12 at 03:00 PM |
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The actual is to keep water off the disc and yes bin them.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Slimy38
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| posted on 12/8/12 at 03:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
They are nothing to do with brake dust, they are to prevent stones getting wedged into the caliper.
The only stone that I've had wedged in a caliper turned into dust a moment later!
I've removed them from every car I've owned, 50% of them were so corroded they were touching the disc, and 50% of them were just in the
way of whatever job I was doing at the time.
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