Wilsons Sandbox

> Uneven pad wear is only a problem when the pistons do not move freely > enough. The pistons should still self-adjust in the usual manner. >

Yeah, I realized that about ten minutes after I posted! Apparently, modern sportbikes are back up to fixed calipers. You still get one more seal that can fail, but if you keep the fluid clean, that shouldn't be a problem. My hooligan racing friends say that the floating discs don't have much lateral play, and mainly allow radial expansion. However, if the discs did warp anyway, they were able to continue using them (with fixed calipers) if they loosened up the fasteners a bit. Took the pulsing out of the brake line. C -- Dr. J. Christopher Krok Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology MS 205-45 Phone: 626.395.4794 Pasadena, CA 91125 Fax: 626.449.2677