 Rear brake disk inner shields, Keep em? Ditch em? |
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| bondo |
 Mar 10 2005, 02:10 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking  Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California  |
Is there any REAL benefit to those shields? Seems to me that leaving them off would improve brake cooling and reduce unsprung weight (by a little). I'll be using 914-6 rotors and 914-4 rear calipers.
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| SirAndy |
Mar 10 2005, 02:33 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,638 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
for a street car, i'd say leave 'em on.
they help keeping dirt and rocks out of your brake pads/calipers ... on a track/ax car, it depends ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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| jim912928 |
Mar 10 2005, 02:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,485 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
and....spraying/leaking oil off the brake parts...although we know that never happens!
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| bondo |
Mar 10 2005, 02:53 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
I've actually had them cause rocks to get stuck between the shield and the rotor. (not on a 914 though) |
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| mikey |
Mar 11 2005, 10:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 30-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 214 Region Association: None |
Put them in. There's a bracket that bolts to the shield. It fits between the caliper and the control arm. Without this bracket the venting clearance couldn't be adjusted properly on my 914-6. Once I got everything in place everything lined up perfectly.
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| bondo |
Mar 11 2005, 10:55 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Oh, good point. It's been a while since I took them off, and all the related parts are in a ziplock somewhere. It'll be a while before I put them back too.. right now I was just trying to figure out if I should bother bending them back to flat. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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| mattillac |
Mar 11 2005, 11:44 PM
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robots! Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 27-October 04 From: vallejo,ca Member No.: 3,020 |
they'll help keep brake dust from getting all over your susp./tranny/eng./etc. etc.
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| mikey |
Mar 12 2005, 03:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 30-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 214 Region Association: None |
Flatten back to normal, powder coat them or paint them semi-gloss black, and put them back on. I even re-plated the brackets. It makes your rear suspension look very pretty and that's a gud thing. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) |
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