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Well ive finished my cad drawings of the backing plates for honda discs with 10 and 12 inch wheels, I reckon there gonna be very tidy, No filing required! Ill post a pic of the finished plate and finished unit, im considering adressing the double washer piece of engineering and im in the processes of meticulously cleaning the calipers i have....
Ive picked up a few sets of these brakes and am considering offering conversions to people who want brakes without greasy hands and running around.... Ofcourse liability is a concern, something im looking into.
Soon im going to fit these things to my car, might even do a total overhaul, master cylinder and all, after all rear wheel cylinders at least should be changed assuming one is converting from drums, and it would be nice to have all the brakes top knotch.
This would be the kind of service id like to provide to any potential customers, for both our safety's, should i go ahead with this project, although perhaps posting complete units isn't out of the question. At least at first i wouldn't want to mess around selling my purrfect backingplates by themselves, or machining bits for people, or selling discs and calipers by themselves
Costing for something like this is going to depend on the state of your flanges, what wheelbearings you have fitted, the state of your hubs, balljoints, brake hoses, what rear wheelcylinders you have fitted, whether you have 10 or 12 inch wheels, if your running non spacered drums or not. Some may disagree but i feel its important that the rest of the braking system and front/rear end is upto scratch, Im only interested in doing this properly....
Moreover if CV's, Steering rack, tie rod ends, Master cylinder, suspension bushes, are anywhere between pretty second hand and scrap id be replacing them while i was there too...
Bottom line is costs could fluctuate hundreds of dollars so dong ring just to ask how much, i havn't worked out any averages, or done enough cars to speculate whats normally needed... I can say replacing flanges, installing roller bearings, ball joint adjustment/replacement, brake hose replacements, wheel cylinder replacements and some general brake tweaking would be common. So there would be a decent amount of labour involved aswell as quite a few parts.... Prices ofcourse would be more than competetive with Cooper S or Metro/LS brakes.... Im sure i could overhaul an entire system with labour costs for less than a reconditioned set of cooper S discs..
If anyones interested u can call me on 0405 028 911 for a chat
Gareth
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Why would I need approx 2mm to juggle the spacing of the calliper over the rotor? I lined it all up with new pads on the calliper and the piston fully depressed. Looks spot on.
if i cant beat Ivans 970S racecar ill be spuing! although the damn thing has over a hundred horsies and makes power to 10,00rpm...hmmm...
