Rotor Replacment For My 50's - Brake Question I've Been Asked To Help My Process

[Angus Smart]

I've been asked to see if my pad is flush with the rotor. i'm not too sure what he means.

I'm getting custom hats made up to suit an off the shelf rotor easy replacment rotor (but not dba as i hear they wear quickly)

[Ronin 09]

I'm guessing to see if the pad extends up higher than the rotor top? or too far down??

if it's protrudes above the top of the rotor you'll get some knock off and if it's too far down it may interfere with the hats.

i guess he wants to know if the top of the pad is flush with the top of the rotor

[Angus Smart]

his way of explaining that on the phone was crazy! but now i understand where he was getting at!!

cheers for that!

pain in the ass f50's!

[Ronin 09]

hey but custom hats will only change the location of the rotor along the axis of rotation - if the pad sits high or low only the caliper adapter brackets will change this

i.e. the bracket must be changed to move the caliper up or down from the rotational axis (hub centre) to rectify this.

[Angus Smart]

Yeah well hes got the rotor, all he needs to do is make one exactly the same right? it cant be too hard! haha

everything else on the car (caliper bracket and caliper) will be staying the same. as the kits well made. i think he was just asking me these questions to see if it might be worth while changing the caliper bracket also (if its poorly made)

[Ronin 09]

yeah i think that's what he's getting at.

it should be easy enough to replicate the same offset hat for the new rotor/bolt pattern

[T04GTR]

thats ok. mine are 15mm tall. and it was a f40 kit. same ofset. its important that the pad uses the whole surface of the disc. otherwise it will crack.

who did you end up using?? haha yeah i feel your pain. stupid f40/50 kits.