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daniel mason

posted on 15/1/12 at 10:45 AM Reply With Quote
lightweight disc type rear bearing carriers

is there any available? the standard items are very heavy and one of mine is binding quite badly and i cant find out where?
and are they available with bearings pressed and caliper mounting brackets attatched? sierra items obviously! cheers






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mark chandler

posted on 15/1/12 at 11:01 AM Reply With Quote
Hello Daniel

My new bearings bound for the first 50 miles, this is not unusual and does not seem to have any long term affects.

I stuck my carrier in a lathe and shed weight this way, I believe westfield make alloy carriers as do others but really expensive.

Regards Mark

[Edited on 15/1/12 by mark chandler]

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matt_gsxr

posted on 15/1/12 at 11:37 AM Reply With Quote
The drum baked bearing carrier is much lighter weight, and you can use a simple adapter plate for mounting the disks with these.

I suppose this would mean changing the driveshafts to tripode on the outer end, so probably more work than you want.

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rdodger

posted on 15/1/12 at 12:17 PM Reply With Quote
Or you can do what I did and have the disc bearing carrier machined down to fit the Wilwood Powerlite 240mm disc handbrake kit.
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snakebelly

posted on 15/1/12 at 02:15 PM Reply With Quote
Or you could buy a pair of low mileage good condition disc type bearing carriers of me! U2U me if your interested mate.
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snakebelly

posted on 15/1/12 at 04:39 PM Reply With Quote
or at the risk of doing myself oput of a sale here is what im replacing them with, there very light!

http://www.berrisford.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=42_51&products_id=122&osCsid=59m6q4amqoffui5h9amue3pkn4

You just need to add a caliper mounting bracket

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rdodger

posted on 15/1/12 at 05:57 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by snakebelly
or at the risk of doing myself oput of a sale here is what im replacing them with, there very light!

http://www.berrisford.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=42_51&products_id=122&osCsid=59m6q4amqoffui5h9amue3pkn4

You just need to add a caliper mounting bracket


I bought some of those but the Wilwood powerlite caliper bracket won't fit with them. The diameter is too large and the mounting face too thick.

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snakebelly

posted on 15/1/12 at 08:01 PM Reply With Quote
having my own cut to suite
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