Brake puck holders
 

You guys know about the little clips that hold in the pucks after the rubber burns off?

Makes changing pads a hell of a lot heasier..

Another option is Titanium pistons so you don't need them anymore appearently. I will ask for some pictures to post too.

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Hmm, I did not know.

Curious, why no need for titanium, I thought titanium was good because it dissipates heat faster.

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It is either or.

You can use little clips for about $6.00 a piece to prevent pucks from falling out when you are changing pads or take the pucks out completely and change out pistons for titanium ones. I hope to have pics for this to create a post.

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Where are the pictures? A link to where they can be bought would also be a big help. Thanks.

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Sorry for the delay.

I got them from 0rbit Racing. He was going to send me pics but not yet received.

I have not changed pads since they put them on.

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I would like to see pictures as well. How exactly are they installed?

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I just went to Orbits website and they don't show anything. I don't want to call until I know more.

TRACKCAR, can you provide some more info on the clips? How much $$, have they given you good service, how long are they supposed to last, any down side?

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I think they are about $6.00 a pice so not much money. Just give them a call and ask for Rodger the owner, he will send you some. Easy access shop; I annoy him about twice a day with questions ;-)

They work great. Their only function is to keep the pucks falling out while changing pads.

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Finally a picture of the brake puck holders:

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Thanks for the pics. For the life of me I can't visualize how they would fit and work to hold the ceramic pucks in place.

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Piston has hole, puck has hole

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I just called and talked to Rodger, great guy. Ordered these. Also encouraged him to write a tech article or two for the Registry. A lot of experience and I think he would be an awesome contributor if he choose to do so :pals:

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Doing rear brakes today, slid the holders in

Pretty neat idea

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Thanks for that picture. I see how they fit now but don't understand how they anchor the puck or attach to anything that would keep the pucks from falling out. Just looks like they fit in the puck's hole and since the puck is a hard material, I don't think they cause them to expand. Can you clarify this for me? I notice that the puck's rubber ring is deteriorated like mine so the inserts must be doing their job.

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If you look at Peters picture above there is two spring claws

One goes in the puck, the other goes in the piston on the caliper

Push the calw into the puck first, the push the other claw into the piston

I'll try to take pictures when I do the fronts in a few weeks.....if nobody beats me to it

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I would appreciate that. So basically the top and bottom claws expand to different widths to accommodate which position they are in, narrower inside the puck and wider inside the piston sleeve? Or is the piston also hallow to allow for the same width?

I just called Roger and ordered a set.

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After seeing how this all works, let me say I would not recommend this for a mainly street car because I can see how the bores will get dirty and cause the caliper to need a rebuild on a regular basis (annually?). Operation on salty roads with this set up would likely kill the calipers in short order. As usual no free lunch. With that said this is an awesome solution for primary track cars especially with cracked dust boots. No more worries about pucks not being in position when replacing pads.

Here we go, pics tell the story:

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=345

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=346

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=347

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=348

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=349

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=350

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=351

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=352

http://gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?alb...&pictureid=354

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You Da Man! awesome, now it is all clear to me :D

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Thank you so much for the pics and posting!!

I agree, pointless for street use anyway, although mine is my daily driver I have no rubber left in there anyway.

How come you still had rubber in them? Mine burned off completely, no rubber seals to be found..

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Those rubber seals look new to me.

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yeah, but he has some coming out too, mine ran off...

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The pucks are super secure now and not going anywhere.

You are welcome and thank YOU for bringing up this topic to begin with. One less thing to worry about.

Are you trying to make me feel inadequate?? :-)))

Ganging up me me I see ? Brake braggarts! ;)

Last time "I show you mine!"

lol

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Thanks for those pics, it's all very clear now. Mine are on the way.

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:ballkicked:
:-DDD

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My rubber is cracked and gone

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When's the baby due?