Doug's hpi 5B SS

[spents]

So do think if I flip the rcr pads should still work ehView attachment 73801View attachment 73802

rough twat

 

[Seandonato73]

You can even do that on your ute

 

[spents]

so what we need now is another vid with the 65 doug ,
cos as you tried to melt the pads down draggin the brakes we aint seen a proper full on what its got yet

 

[DougStar]

Yeah more loctite boys and new brakes and im back out again

 

[RcJunkie13]

It’s funny BC that’s the one screw that always seems to come loose on Baja’s, happened to me, and seen it multiple times

 

[DougStar]

Lol this was my first

 

[Z.hb71]

For me it's quite the opposite . Those bolts are a right pain to get off . And I don't use loctite there

 

[DougStar]

K so after the RCR pads melting disaster im gonna make some more pads i have some copper plate and whats left of the old pads
I'll melt them down and send an ingot through my mill all the other bits are still in hand the discs and shim + the cam piece at this point all i have nothing to lose is time spent

 

[Seandonato73]

K so after the RCR pads melting disaster im gonna make some more pads i have some copper plate and whats left of the old padsView attachment 73954
I'll melt them down and send an ingot through my mill all the other bits are still in hand the discs and shim + the cam piece at this point all i have nothing to lose is time spent

Should be using a bronze, copper is awfully soft.

 

[DougStar]

Rekon the original pads are copper and besides ill used 98%of the original material to make the new pads

 

[Seandonato73]

Rekon the original pads are copper and besides ill used 98%of the original material to make the new pads

Yeah I think that's the issue.... its too soft to begin with. We use bronze brakes here at work. It's one of the last things we have to worry about wearing out fast. Even brass would be a better option then copper. Keen to see how you make out now. Especially adding the copper sheet to it. Do you have a way to measure hardness?

 

[DougStar]

Don't really have a way to check hardness but I can run it through the mill a good few times and make it harder i do have some brass brasing rod i could add and it will make quite bit harder

 

[Milo]

You would need a Vickers hardness test rig. The only place I've seen one was at University years ago, the only other places I could think might use them would be metal foundries.

 

[DougStar]

Yeah don't need a hardness tester

 

[Milo]

It is OTT

 

[Seandonato73]

It is OTT

Nah we had a harness tester at the machine shop. Basically its a calibrated ball drop. You monitored how high the ball bounced off the work piece. Came within a few Rockwell. Close enough for 90% of the work we did. Didn't know if Doug had anything, because of being a jewelery maker. Would seem like it's something that would handy to tell if your metals are quality or not.

 

[DougStar]

Yeah not dropping jack on my jewelry

Nah we had a harness tester at the machine shop. Basically its a calibrated ball drop. You monitored how high the ball bounced off the work piece. Came within a few Rockwell. Close enough for 90% of the work we did. Didn't know if Doug had anything, because of being a jewelery maker. Would seem like it's something that would handy to tell if your metals are quality or not.

 

[Seandonato73]

Yeah not dropping jack on my jewelry

It's a little ball dip shite, doesn't hurt anything.

 

[Z.hb71]

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[DougStar]

little balls

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Now that what the problem is always knew there was something amiss