Stoptech has a line of BBK where in they machine material off of the caliper to reduce mass and effective unsprung weight.

Today I decided to rebuild a set of those weight saving rear calipers and found this gem.



Most likely not from the materials shaved off the body but more realistically from threading of the cross over line or bleeders.

Kinda amazed this didn't cause more problems

 

your point?

 

Is that aluminum or steel ?

 

So the point your getting to?

 

its aluminum and I found it behind one of the pistons after hitting the bleeder with compressed air.

point being is that there was not enough QC and that gem could have impeded the fluid

 

So pointless thread then lol

 

shiite happens, could be simple human mistake..... sure you made some in your life

 

ya...

next time when somebody's brakes fail because the piston wall gets marred from bad QC we'll just chalk it up to 'shiiit happens'

my point is that I expect brake vendors to be held at a much higher standard because they engineer and make safety equipment. Improper cleaning after machine work is a pretty bad oversight and 'shiit' happens isn't an excuse.

 

it could happen when you buy anything

 

my question is... did you call them and complain, if so what did they say.....


or did you just come on here and post a pointless thread

 

Just made a pointless thread thinking we would be out with pitchforks for him like we care lol

 

How do we know this wasnt user error??? Haha

 

didn't call stoptech, didn't care to. Whats the point? I am already tearing it down and rebuilding it.

I came here to document the poor QC, thats all. I guess my expectations are miss placed and I should keep my pointless threads out of the pointless forum.

 

Thanks


Also gave you the little thumb so you feel better

 

The mob is feisty today... well done.

 

No! There are some of us who appreciate what some might consider useless and pointless. I, for one, know that when I'm in the middle of teardown and find an anomaly of the sort you pointed out - that is, something that may be useful to someone out there - whether it's germane to others or not - it's worth documenting.

No, this isn't something that's likely to happen to others - probably a very slim chance; but since someone (the advertisers and the people who run this and the other forums) are letting us use their storage space and computing facilities sans fees, why not put it out there? It just might help someone who's doing what you did.

Thanks for posting.

Mic

 

Here's a point. Those might not even be genuine StopTech calipers. The Chinese knockoffs are out there - who was the vendor?