Thread: Pad knockback
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Old 09-27-2009, 12:13 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by semtex View Post
Check out this video. I don't follow everything this guy is rambling on about, but it demonstrates how much flex is in wheel hubs when he measures the flex he can get with pressure from just one hand.
Neat vid, however, he's showing the bearings outside of the axle - if I did that with the bearings on my truck, hey'd show a lot more than 0.001" of play (more like a 1/4"). Funny thing is that it was visually a lot more than that - I'd get 0.1"

Anyhow, I can't see it being a caused by the rotors pressing the pads away from them physically by flexing, at the hub, at the bearings, etc. Sorry man. I just don't see how it would happen.
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