[DeTomaso] Brake Pad to Rotor Match, OK to trim pads???

[John Taphorn]

Ken

I have performed the pad trim on my GT5 rears pads that extend 1/8" past the 
rotor.  Zero issues.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:20 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Brake Pad to Rotor Match, OK to trim pads???


>
> I have been working with a local shop for about 3 years on an upgrade 
> which includes Porsche 996 turbo calipers. We are about done, but are 
> having trouble finding an off the shelf rotor with as much radial extent 
> and the pads, 2.4 inches. The rotors I found are almost large enough, 
> maybe 1/8 inch less radial extend than the pads, but the pads extend past 
> the outer radius of the rotors using the Wilwood "Pantera" hats with an 8 
> on 7 5/8 bolt pattern. The pads have to clear the hat bolts on the inside 
> radius of the pads. It also looks like there are clearance issues if the 
> IDs of the rotors are reduced.
>
> I've talked to pad makers and they all say it's fine to trim off friction 
> material and people have told me they do it all the time. Does anyone have 
> experience with pads that are larger than the rotors, or trimming the 
> pads? Any red flags? I am talking about removing an arc of about 1/12 of 
> the pad radial dimension. They are BIG pads.
>
> Ken
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