Taper pad wear with Girling calipers

[kronus]

sorry guys i messed up my wrist and haven't been to the shop for a bit, so i haven't taken photos of those girlings yet.

[TobyB]

Doh- hate it when that happens. No hurry, but I'm still in for pix.

Thanx!

t

[z31maniac]

Sliding calipers will always suffer from this to some degree. Miata guys have lots of problems too.

The best solution is:

[Keith M]

I'm sure that is a great solution but one that isn't allowed in PRO3 or SE30.

[z31maniac]

^Missed that post. Only option is to deal with it and waste pads.

I understand rule sets designed to save costs, but typically on lighter cars BBK's pay for themselves quickly through increased pad/rotor life.

[JRKOUPE]

never mind

[TobyB]

Followup-

replaced the pins, and used the 2 best carriers, and the calipers have remarkably little
wobble to them as they sit right now. The right was a lot sloppier than the left-
and had a lot more taper to prove it.

So this season will be the test- I'm curious to see how they do with fresh pins.

I can see how the (much larger) ATE pins would do a better job- IF the bushings were
solid.

t