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stupid question?

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:22 pm
by lubricantpixie
hey guys i was just wondering what the difference between floating and non floating brake disks was and what our machines took?

Charlie

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:03 pm
by masterofinsanity
take your disc off, place it in a bowl of water if it sinks its not floating :smt005


discs are made of carriers and rotors seperated by buttons & circlips or rivets, these are floaters, if the disc is a complete disc or rotor rivetted to a carrier then they are non floating.


eg floaters
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non floaters
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haha

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:19 pm
by lubricantpixie
cheers mate so i want to order the floating waveys then

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:50 am
by masterofinsanity
yep, are you getting them from stealth?

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 10:06 pm
by Hellzone
Don't floaters come as standard with Zxr400?

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 8:14 pm
by diesel
nice floor baz ;)

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:21 pm
by masterofinsanity
not my floor mate, you can't see the joins in my floor ! :smt016