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MadMike
 Post subject: Re: caliper brackets
PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:44 pm 
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Looks like a winner to me. Where did you get the brackets? A & A Mfg?
I wouldn't gussett it. The caliper was designed for one direction of force which is rotational. Any lateral movement will break the calipers ears off if gussetted. I would rather bend the mounting tab than wreck the caliper should somthing go wrong.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:48 pm 
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looks good to me -- id leave it like you made it -- it should never break off

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MadMike wrote:
Looks like a winner to me. Where did you get the brackets? A & A Mfg?
I wouldn't gussett it. The caliper was designed for one direction of force which is rotational. Any lateral movement will break the calipers ears off if gussetted. I would rather bend the mounting tab than wreck the caliper should somthing go wrong.



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:13 pm 
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Looks like bleeders at top and bottom,,makes bleeding better I guess. Be careful backing up , I had a buddy roll backward into a tree and wrecked his caliper.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:09 pm 
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yes it was A&A ....seems like they have just about any tab or bracket you could ever need
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Aboone, who did you get the trailing arms from? Looks like mine.

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well I took all yall's advice and kinda put it all together and this is what I did .
Do yall see any problems with what I came up with ? The brackets are 1/4 and I have lock nuts on the back side. ImageImage



Aboone,Weres your cross over tubes on the calipers? They need a tube from 1 half to the other half at the bottom of the calliper and the bleeders point up
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MadMike
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:54 am 
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The crossovers are built into the caliper. They can be installed on both sides that's the reason for two bleeders.

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Hey hillaholic, what is the deal with the stub axle? Is that some kinda spacer?
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I just used .040 cold roll and aluminum pop rivets with washers... :roll:


Really use something thicker than .250 if you can. The arms I just replaced had .250 brackets welded with nuts but the calipers were the wide bolt pattern and both brackets were cracked above the weld. I would rather have over kill on the brake brackets. Going from .250 up to .500 on a small bracket can’t be that much more weight. When I put on my new arms I didn't have any .500 other than 4140(Extremely hard to drill tap and weld with my equipment) so I went with .395 that I had and tapped it with fine thread 3/8" I haven't tested it yet but it should hold up.

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hillaholic
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Yes, It had 3x3's with type4 cv's and 18-3/4" axles with two 1/4" spacers to make it like running 19-1'4" axles. I only ran it 1-1/2 seasons with them but never had a problem. Cheaper than buying longer axles I guess, my buggy came with them on it.
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aboone993
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Nitro mudder they came from Appletree automotive .
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bssford460
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what did you use to cut the bracket. i made some brackets today. (see my other post in the brakes section) and mine turned out OK, but i had to cut them out of the stock with a sawzall. (dont laugh at me) and then use a grinder to slick them up and what not...
i could have never made the rounded curve part like what you've got on the top and bottom there,
so. how'd u do it?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:45 am 
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I believe the brackets are punch press stamped and can be bought thru http://aa-mfg.com. They make many different styles of tabs and brackets for race and offroad cars. They are also very Inexpensive considering what it takes to make them with a Sawsall! :mrgreen: From aboones post he got those thru Appletree.
Update: In looking at aa offering they only have them for 3 1/2" centers and mount on a 3" tube.

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hillaholic
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I think he used these and trimmed them to fit

http://www.aa-mfg.com/pdshop/shop/item.aspx?itemid=12

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aboone993
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Yep I got them from AA mfg and cut them down to fit
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